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This presentation is a snapshot of the most recent research on women’s rights. Divided into three categories––the Bad, the Ugly, and the Good––it explores women’s global experiences, setbacks, and achievements.
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- The State of Women International Women’s Day 2018
- This is a snapshot of a big and complex story.
- We’ve organized it into the Bad, the Ugly, and the Good (to end on a hopeful note).
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- Men still run the world
- Source: UN Women Women lead 11 of 195 countries Worldwide
- The UN has never had a female Secretary-General Worldwide Source: Council on Foreign Relations; Image: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images News
- Source: UN Women; Image: Carl Court/Getty Images News Women hold 23% of seats in parliaments Worldwide
- 4 of 113 Supreme Court Justices have been women Source: Rutgers; Image: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Entertainment United States
- Women hold 20% of seats in the U.S. Congress Source: CAWP United States
- Women of color hold 7% of seats in Congress Source: CAWP United States
- Source: Rutgers United States 6 states have female governors
- Only 1 is a woman of color Source: CAWP United States
- Source: NPR And only 1 is an openly gay woman United States
- Source: Deloitte; Image: Hero Images/Getty Images Women hold only 12% of corporate board seats Worldwide
- 1 in 5 C-suite executives is a woman Source: Women in the Workplace United States
- Source: Women in the Workplace And fewer than 1 in 30 is a woman of color United States
- da d Source: Women in the Workplace; Image: Thomas Barwick/Getty Images d Nearly 50% of men think women are well represented when 1 in 10 leaders is a woman United States
- There’s a gender imbalance across nearly every major industry in the United States
- Teachers Superintendents 76% Education Source: NCES and Ahead of the Heard 23% United States
- 43% 75% Nonprofit workforce Nonprofit CEOs Source: NCGS and Chicago Business Nonprofits United States
- 12% 61% Accountants and auditors Fortune 500 CFOs Source: Catalyst Finance United States
- 19% 57% Food prep workers Chefs Source: Data USA Restaurants United States
- Consider how this power imbalance plays out in one industry: the media
- Source: Box Office Mojo; Image: Hero Images/Getty Images 1 of the 10 largest movie studios is run by a woman United States
- Source: Statista; Image: Alexander Spatari/Getty Images Advertising agencies: 2 out of 10 United States
- Source: Investopedia; Image: JGI/Tom Grill/Getty Images Media companies: 0 out of 10 United States
- The people in power shape our culture
- Source: GirlPowerMarketing.com; Image: Yellow Tail, Super Bowl 2017 United States 91% of women say advertisers don’t understand them
- Source: WMC and USC; Image: Uconn Today Women’s sports get 3% of TV coverage United States
- Source: WMC; Image: Ethan Miller/Getty Images News d d Far more men report the news United States
- All this inequality is having an impact on our girls
- Source: BBC; Image: Maskot/Getty Images At 6, girls start to see themselves as less talented than boys Worldwide
- Source: The Girls’ Index; Image: GeorgiaCourt/Getty Images 46% of girls do not speak up because they want to be liked United States
- Source: The Girls’ Index; Image: LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images 1 in 3 girls are afraid to lead United States
- When women rise, companies are stronger and safer
- Source: WMC; Image: Matelly/Getty Images d d United States Sexual harassment is 2X as common in male-dominated organizations
- Source: WMC; Image: Hero Images/Getty Images d d United States d When more women are in leadership, company profits are higher
- Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt.” Shirley Chisholm
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- Too many women and girls are poor and marginalized around the world
- d d d 70% of people living in extreme poverty are women and girls Source: PCI and One; Image: Scott Nelson/Getty Images News Worldwide
- Source: UN and World Development; Image: Aditya Tandon/Getty Images d d d Fewer than 20% of the world’s landholders are women Worldwide
- Source: UN; Image: Image: Philippe Roy/Getty Images d d Women are concentrated in lower-paid, lower-skilled jobs Worldwide
- d Source: NWLC; Image: Mint Images RF/Getty Images d d Nearly two-thirds of minimum-wage workers are women United States
- On average, women are paid 23% less than men Source: UN Women 16.5% Mexico 21% Chile 16% Brazil 11% Pakistan 26% Japan 14% Australia 24% Russia11% Poland Worldwide 15% Israel 37% Rep. of Korea 17% Botswana 39% Malawi
- 130 million girls are Source: The ONE Campaign and UN; Image: Chris McGrath/Getty Images Europe not in school Worldwide
- d d d Source: ICRW; Image: Allison Joyce/Getty Images News On average, there are 15 million child marriages every year Worldwide
- Women have far too little control over our reproductive health and choices
- d d Source: UN, The World’s Women 2015, and WHO; Image: Hinterhaus Productions/Getty Images Worldwide d Almost half of all abortions worldwide are unsafe
- d d Source: UN, The World’s Women 2015, and WHO; Image: Carlo107/Getty Images United States d 87% of counties do not have an abortion clinic
- d d d d Maternal mortality is a leading cause of death in women of reproductive age Source: WHO and NPR; Image: Ian Waldie/Getty Images News Worldwide
- d d d Source: WHO and AVERT; Image: John Moore/Getty Images News d Modern contraception is out of reach for 214 million women who want to avoid pregnancy Worldwide
- d d d The United States is 1 of only 2 countries with no paid maternity leave United States Source: Huffington Post and Brookings; Image: Ian Lishman/Getty Images
- Sexual harassment, sexual assault, and violence against women are pervasive
- 60% of women have been sexually harassed Source: Quinnipiac 60% United States
- 1 in 3 women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence Source: WHO Worldwide
- Source: UNICEF; Image: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images News d d d 120 million girls have experienced rape or forced sexual acts Worldwide
- Women still lack fundamental rights in many countries
- d d d 46 countries do not provide legal protection against domestic violence Source: Global Citizen; Image: Spencer Platt/Getty Images News Worldwide
- d d In 26 countries, spousal rape is legal Source: World Bank; Image: Allison Joyce/Getty Images News Worldwide
- d d Source: World Bank ; Image: Hero Images/Getty Images Worldwide d In 18 countries, a husband can prevent his wife from taking a job
- Human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights.” Hillary Rodham Clinton
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- Women and girls today have a better chance of leading safe and healthy lives...
- d Source: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and UNSD; Image: Uwe Krejci/Getty Images d d Worldwide d d Since 1995, more than 60 countries have made domestic violence illegal, bringing the total to at least 119
- d dMaternal deaths have fallen 42% in the same period Source: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Image: Tara Moore/Getty Images Worldwide
- Source: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Image: Tim Matsui/Getty Images News d d d Contraceptive use is higher than it’s ever been Worldwide
- d Source: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Image: Bartosz Hadyniak/Getty Images Worldwide d dThe global gender education gap has virtually closed for elementary-school-age girls
- Slowly but surely, the workplace is changing…
- d d 90% of companies report gender diversity is a high priority Source: Women in the Workplace 2016; Image: MoMo Productions/Getty Images United States
- d d d 175 CEOs signed the largest-ever commitment to diversity and inclusion Source: Fortune; Image: Hero Images/Getty Images United States
- d d Source: The Wall Street Journal; Image: Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images United States d Fearless Girl provoked a debate about women’s representation on Wall Street
- d d d Source: Reuters; Image: Thomas Barwick/Getty Images United Kingdom d The UK passed a law requiring large companies to publish pay information by gender
- Source: LeanIn.Org; Image: Lean In Kuwait d d Worldwide d d Every month, women in 162 countries meet in Lean In Circles to support each other’s ambitions
- d d d Women are negotiating at the same rates as men (a decade ago men negotiated 2-3 times more) Source: Women in the Workplace 2017 and Women Don't Ask: The High Cost of Avoiding Negotiation, Linda Babcock; Image: Thomas Barwick/Getty Images United States
- d d Source: Gallup; Image: JohnnyGreig/Getty Images United States d For the first time, workers are as happy to have a female boss as a male boss
- Around the world, breakthroughs happened...
- Women got behind the wheel in Saudi Arabia Source: NY Times; Image: FAYEZ NURELDINE/Getty Images Saudi Arabia
- d d U.S. women’s soccer team won a victory for pay equity Source: Mother Jones; Image: Mike Hewitt/FIFA United States
- d d d For the first time, an all-female flight crew circled the globe Source: CNN; Image: CNN India
- The New York Times hired its first-ever gender editor Source: Teen Vogue; Image: Andrew Burton/Getty Images News United States
- Source: NY Times; Image: NY Times d d Australia d Senator Larissa Waters breastfed in Australian Parliament
- The year’s 3 top-grossing films all featured women in lead roles Source: Huffington Post and Forbes; Image: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment Worldwide
- Source: USA Today; Image: Glamour Worldwide Ibtihaj Muhammad inspired the first hijab-wearing Barbie
- Source: NY Times; Image: NY Times d d d A girls’ robotics team from Afghanistan competed on the world’s stage Afghanistan
- d d The Girl Scouts announced 23 new badges in STEM Source: USA Today; Image: Steve Debenport/Getty Images United States
- Women showed their political power...
- Source: LA Times and Roll Call; Image: Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images News d d Kamala Harris smashed multiple glass ceilings United States
- Source: Mashable and Washington Post; Image: Zach Gibson/Getty Images News d d Maxine Waters reclaimed her time United States
- d d Source: CNN; Image: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images News United States d Elizabeth Warren inspired a new rallying cry: “Nevertheless, she persisted”
- Source: Washington Post; Image: Drew Angerer/Getty Images News United States 98% of Black women in Alabama made history by electing Doug Jones
- d d d Source: BBC, NY Times, The Guardian; Image: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Worldwide d Several countries selected a woman to lead them, including New Zealand, Iceland, and Serbia
- d d Source: Vox; Image: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images News Worldwide d d 4+ million people marched for women’s rights across 60 countries and all 7 continents
- The silence breakers held men accountable for sexual harassment Source: TIME; Image: TIME Worldwide
- Millions said #MeToo Source: CBS News; Image: Business Insider Worldwide
- ...and women won big on Election Night
- Source: CNN; Image: CNN United States Danica Roem was elected as Virginia’s first openly trans state lawmaker
- Source: NY Times; Image: Karen Ducey/Getty Images News d D d Jenny Durkan became Seattle’s first openly lesbian mayor United States
- United States Elizabeth Guzman and Hala Ayala became the first Latinas in the Virginia General Assembly Source: NY Times; Image: Elizabeth Guzmán for Virginia and Hala Ayala for Delegate
- Perspectives are changing, too...
- d d This was Getty Images’ top-selling image for “woman” in 2017 Source: Getty Images Worldwide
- d d Source: Getty Images Worldwide Here’s the top-selling image from 2007
- Source: CNN; Image: Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images News d d D Worldwide The most talked-about moment on Facebook was International Women’s Day
- Word of the year: Feminism Source: US News; Image: samdiesel/Getty Images Worldwide
- So far this year…
- Source: Fortune; Image: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Europe Iceland Iceland passed the strongest law in the world requiring equal pay for women and men
- United States Source: The Atlantic ; Image: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Sport More than 150 female athletes bravely shared their stories of abuse
- Source: NY Times; Image: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images News United Kingdom Incoming women outnumbered men at Oxford for the first time in the school’s 900-year history
- Source: The Huffington Post; Image: Jung Yeon-Je/Getty Images United States Team USA’s women won more Olympic medals than the men for the first time in 20 years
- Oprah won the Cecil B. DeMille Award and challenged and inspired us Source: The New Yorker; Image: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Entertainment United States
- “Time’s Up” became a global rallying cry Image: NY Times United States
- For the second year in a row, millions marched for women’s rights Source: USA Today; Image: Sam Morris/Getty Images News United States
- A record number of women are running for political office Source: Washington Post; Image: Roll Call United States
- There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made.” Michelle Obama
- In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.” Sheryl Sandberg
- Let’s make history. Join us in the fight for equality at leanin.org.
- Special thanks to This presentation contains stock photographs, for illustrative purposes only, and does not show persons who have actually experienced the events or situations addressed.