3. When men are oppressed,
it’s a tragedy. When
women are oppressed, its
tradition.
4. “What would men be without
women? Scarce, sir, mighty
scarce.”
-Mark Twain
5. “The question is not whether
countries can afford not to educate
girls, but whether countries can
afford not to educate more girls.”
-Lawrence Summers, Chief Economist of the
World Bank
6. “Progress is achieved through
women.”
-Bernard Kouchner, founder of Doctors Without
Borders
7. “Of all the evils for which man has
made himself responsible, none is
so degrading, so shocking, or so
brutal as his abuse of the better half
of humanity; the female sex.”
-Mahatma Gandhi
8. “Human rights are women’s rights,
and women’s rights are human
rights.”
-Hillary Clinton
13. More than one in five daughters have undergone
the most invasive form of FGM/C (involving the
sewing of genitalia) in Somalia, Eritrea, Niger,
Djibouti and Senegal.
Most cases of FGM/C are performed at home
using a blade or razor.
http://www.unicef.org/media/files/FGCM_Brochure_Lo_res.pdf
15. Worldwide, up to 50 percent of
sexual assaults are committed
against girls under 16.
16. 1 in 3 women worldwide will
experience physical and/or
sexual violence by a partner.
17. In Australia, Canada, Israel, South
Africa and the United States, between
40 and 70 percent of female murder
victims were killed by their intimate
partners.
18. 1 in 5 women are sexually
assaulted while in college in the
United States.
20. The number of girls forced
into early marriage.
Per minute.
21. “The abuse of women and girls is
the most pervasive and unaddressed
human rights violation on earth.”
-Jimmy Carter
22. When women earn the money of the
household, it is mostly spent on their
children meaning…
More likely to survive infancy
Have better health
Go to school longer
Have better employment opportunities.