STATISTICS

As follows are some staggering statistics of Women in the world and how underpaid, underrepresented and under appreciated they are. Its time to change the math on these pages to reflect our true society.

Violence against Women

From domestic violence to traditional harmful social practices and sexual exploitation, violence against women and girls happens all over the world. This needs to change.

1 in 3 women around the world experience violence (source. World Health Organization).
58% of all women murdered in 2017 were killed by an intimate partner or a family member (source. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2018).
Around 650 million women across the globe were married before the age of 18 (source. Unicef, 2018).
71% of all human trafficking involves women and girls – mainly for sexual exploitation (source. UNODC, 2016).
Women and girls suffer the most during violent conflict due to inequality and discrimination. They are more at risk of sexual violence, exploitation and trafficking during war. 1 in 5 female refugees and internally displaced people (someone who is forced to leave their home but remains in their country) have experienced sexual violence in countries affected by conflict (source. OCHA, 2016).

The Economy of Women

Women sadly do not enjoy the same economic rights that men enjoy. Unpaid leave, discrimination as well as less pay and respect equates to a more unequal and hostile work environment for women around the world. As follows are statistics that are staggering.

Over 2.7 billion women don’t have the same work opportunities as men, with laws restricting the types of jobs they can do (source. World Bank, 2018).
Less than 15% of landholders worldwide are women, despite most women in the global south working in agriculture (source. Food and Agriculture Organization, 2015; World Bank, 2019).
In 2018, the estimated global gender pay gap was 22%, with women earning around 78% of what men are paid (source. ILO, 2018).
Nearly 82 million women around the world don’t have any legal protection against discrimination in the workplace (source. World Policy Analysis Centre, 2017).

Women in leadership

Inequality, discrimination and violence steal away a women's voice challenging her life and opportunities.

Women make up just 25% of parliamentarians worldwide (source. Inter-Parliamentary Union, 2019).
In January 2019, there were 11 women serving as Head of State and 10 as Head of Government (source. UN Women, 2019).
In January 2019, 1 in 5 government ministers around the world were women (source. Inter-Parliamentary Union, 2019).
Less than 1% of Fortune 500 CEOs are women of color
One research study found that the two biggest challenges keeping women from leadership positions are that women are held to higher standards (43%) and many businesses aren’t “ready” to hire women for top executive positions (43%).
23% of executives around the world are women. Alternatively, 29% of senior management, 37% of managers, 42% of professional roles, and 47% of support staff positions are held by women.

Funding Inequality

We need to increase funding for Gender equality to ensure that women everywhere have the opportunities to suceed in our world as was the promise when we founded our nation. "All people are created equal"

Only 1% of aid supporting gender equality went to women’s rights organizations in 2016-2017, despite governments around the world committing an extra $1bn to gender equality initiatives globally (sources. Guardian, 2019, OECD, 2019).