Womens issue Project

8 kids from a small town in Western Pa trying to spread the word for Equal Rights 🚺💜

[Women's March @womensmarch]

This #PrideMonth, we celebrate two sheroes of the Stonewall Rebellion:

Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera

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Women farmers control less land than men. Less than 20% of landholders are women. (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2011)

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Worldwide women are paid less than men, in most countries earning on average 60 - 75% of men’s wages. (World Bank Gender Data Portal, 2015)

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In 2013, the global employment-to-population ratio was 72% for men and 47% for women

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Of all women killed globally in 2012, it is estimated that almost half were killed by a partner or relative compared to less than 6% of men.

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Statistics show that the abuser is usually someone the woman knows: 38% of all murdered women are killed by their partner.

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At least 200 million girls and women alive today living in 30 countries have undergone female genital mutilation. (UNICEF, 2016)

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Around 1 in 10 (120 million) girls worldwide have experienced sexual violence at some point in their lives. (UNICEF, 2014)

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Over 700 million women alive today were married when they were under 18, and of those some 250 million were married before they were 15.