Womens issue Project

This #PrideMonth, we celebrate two sheroes of the Stonewall Rebellion: Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera

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

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)

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

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.

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

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

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

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.