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Why Gender Equality Matters (What to do? (stay in school, help empower…
Why Gender Equality Matters
Women represent 1/2 of world pop. :
2014 - 143 countries
have guaranteed equality
between men and women
in their Constitutions but 52 have not done so yet.
girls are deprived of access
to health care or proper
nutrition, leading to a
higher mortality rate.
nearly 15
million girls under age 18
are married every year—
or 37,000 each day
one third of developing
countries have not
achieved gender parity
in primary education.
lack
of access to skills and
limited opportunities
in the labour market.
Women’s and girls’ empowerment
is essential to
expand economic growth
and promote social development.
full participation
of women in labor
forces would add percentage
points to most
national growth rates
35 per cent
of women have experienced
physical and/or sexual
intimate partner violence or
non-partner sexual violence
133 million
girls and women have
experienced some form of
female genital mutilation/
cutting
gender equality is a
fundamental human right.
Advancing gender equality
is critical to all areas of a
healthy society
Investing in education
programmes for girls
and increasing the age at
which they marry can return
$5 for every dollar spent
improving income-generating
activities for women
can return $7 dollars
for every dollar spent
What to do?
stay in school, help
empower your female
classmates to do the same
and fight for your right to
access sexual and reproductive
health services
man or a
boy - you can work alongside
women and girls to
achieve gender equality
and embrace healthy,
respectful relationships
fund education
campaigns to curb
cultural practices like
female genital mutilation
change harmful
laws that limit the rights
of women and girls and
prevent them from achieving
their full potential.
Woman - address unconscious biases
and implicit associations
that can form an unintended
and often an invisible barrier
to equal opportunity.