10 FACTS TO SHOW POVERTY IS SEXIST

It is incredibly difficult to be a woman living in some of the poorest parts of the world. The report below shows that poverty indeed has a female face:

1. UNAIDS estimates that by fast-tracking investments between now and 2020, nearly 21 million deaths from HIV/AIDS and 28 million new HIV infections could be averted over the next 14 years.

2. At current rates of progress, women in sub-Saharan Africa will have to wait more than 160 years before they have the same chances as women in rich countries of their babies being born alive.

3. In sub-Saharan Africa, women and girls spend roughly 40 billion hours a year collecting water—the equivalent of a year’s worth of labor by the entire workforce in France.

4. Of all maternal deaths, 99 percent occur in developing countries.

5.In many sub-Saharan African countries, more than half of young women report not having a final say in critical healthcare choices. 

6. Globally, 120 million girls are raped or sexually attacked by the age of 20.

7. In sub-Saharan Africa, 45 percent fewer women than men have access to the Internet.

8. If an additional 600 million women and girls gained access to the Internet in the next three years, GDP across 144 developing countries could be boosted by up to $13-18 billion!

9. Of all still-births that happen in the world, 98 percent happen in low- and middle-income countries.

10. Half a billion women couldn’t read this list.

Do you need any more reasons to convince you that Poverty Is Sexist? Spread the word! Visit www.one.org to sign the petition and make life worth living for millions of marginalized women and girls. We must do all we can to ensure Poverty Is Made History. #PovertyIisSexist