January 2008 | Choice News
What Counts?
67 Percentage of the world’s work that is done by women
10 Percentage of the world’s income that is earned by women
1 Percentage of the world’s property that is owned by women
15 Age by which 1 million of the world’s girls will be forced to marry
15-19 Typical marrying age of brides in Sub-Saharan Africa (the average groom is 10 years older)
76 Million Number of girls in the world who have never received a single day of schooling
50 Percent reduced rate of HIV infection among young women in developing countries who attend at least six years of school
3 Number of additional children unschooled women are likely to bear, as compared to their educated counterparts
$35 Cost of sending an Afghani girl to school for one year
$10 Billion Amount it would cost each year to send all the world’s children to school by 2015 (less than the annual amount the world spends on ice cream)
Sources: Potentia Foundation, International Women’s Health Coalition.
Compiled by Jenny Rough
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