Violence against women remains high; global health, climate, and humanitarian crises have increased violence risks, particularly for the most vulnerable women and girls; and women feel more unsafe than before the pandemic. Take a look at these startling statistics about global gender inequality.
Over 380 Million women and girls living below the poverty line
If current trends continue, more women
and girls in Sub-Saharan Africa will be living in extreme poverty by 2030 than they are today. That is not how the graph line should be turning.
In fact, women constitute the vast majority of the world’s poor. Why? Women are disproportionately affected by poverty because they have fewer opportunities than men to obtain an education, work, or own property.
Over 1.2 billion women live in places where safe abortion is restricted
Abortion access is a critical component of sexual and reproductive health and rights, which is required to achieve gender equality and end extreme poverty.
Despite this, abortion remains illegal in several countries and restricted in many others, with over 1.2 billion women and girls of reproductive age (15-49) living in countries and areas where access to abortion is restricted according to a report.
12 million girls under 18 are married every year child marriage is formal for marriage under the age of 18. It is still common in many parts of the world, and it is exacerbated during humanitarian crises such as wars, pandemics, or climate change, with girls from the poorest rural households bearing the brunt of the burden.
1 woman is killed every 11 minutes by her family or close friend
From the murder of Sarah Everard in the UK by a serving police officer to a 19-year-old set on fire in India after refusing her attacker’s advances, violence against women and girls is widespread.
13millionon girls remain out of school worldwide girls are disproportionately excluded from education around the world. A third of the world’s poorest girls aged 10 to 18 have never attended school, and 61% of girls in rural areas do not attend secondary school. The COVID-19 pandemic also caused more learning losses in girls than in boys.