This presentation is a snapshot of the most recent research on womens rights. Divided into three categoriesthe Bad, the Ugly, and the Goodit explores womens global experiences, setbacks, and achievements.
15. Source: Deloitte; Image: Hero Images/Getty Images
Women hold only
12% of corporate
board seats
Worldwide
16. 1 in 5 C-suite executives is a woman
Source: Women in the Workplace
United States
17. Source: Women in the Workplace
And fewer than 1 in 30 is
a woman of color
United States
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Source: Women in the Workplace; Image: Thomas Barwick/Getty Images
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Nearly 50% of men think women
are well represented when 1 in 10
leaders is a woman
United States
19. Theres a gender imbalance
across nearly every major
industry in the United States
37. Source: WMC; Image: Matelly/Getty Images
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United States
Sexual harassment is 2X as common
in male-dominated organizations
38. Source: WMC; Image: Hero Images/Getty Images
d
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United States
d
When more women are in
leadership, company
profits are higher
39. Tremendous amounts of talent are lost
to our society just because that talent
wears a skirt.
Shirley Chisholm
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41. Too many women and girls
are poor and marginalized
around the world
42. d
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70% of people living in
extreme poverty are
women and girls
Source: PCI and One; Image: Scott Nelson/Getty Images News
Worldwide
43. Source: UN and World Development; Image: Aditya Tandon/Getty Images
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Fewer than 20% of the
worlds landholders
are women
Worldwide
44. Source: UN; Image: Image: Philippe Roy/Getty Images
d
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Women are concentrated in
lower-paid, lower-skilled jobs
Worldwide
45. d
Source: NWLC; Image: Mint Images RF/Getty Images
d
d
Nearly two-thirds
of minimum-wage
workers are women
United States
46. 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
47. 130 million girls are
Source: The ONE Campaign and UN; Image: Chris McGrath/Getty Images Europe
not in school
Worldwide
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Source: ICRW; Image: Allison Joyce/Getty Images News
On average, there
are 15 million child
marriages every year
Worldwide
49. Women have far too little
control over our reproductive
health and choices
50. d
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Source: UN, The Worlds Women 2015, and WHO; Image: Hinterhaus Productions/Getty Images
Worldwide
d
Almost half of all
abortions worldwide
are unsafe
51. d
d
Source: UN, The Worlds Women 2015, and WHO; Image: Carlo107/Getty Images
United States
d
87% of counties
do not have an
abortion clinic
52. d
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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
53. d
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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
54. 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
60. d
d
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46 countries do not provide
legal protection against
domestic violence
Source: Global Citizen; Image: Spencer Platt/Getty Images News
Worldwide
62. 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
63. Human rights are womens rights and
womens rights are human rights.
Hillary Rodham Clinton
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65. Women and girls today have a
better chance of leading safe
and healthy lives...
66. d
Source: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and UNSD; Image: Uwe Krejci/Getty Images
d
d
Worldwide
d
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Since 1995, more than
60 countries have made
domestic violence
illegal, bringing the
total to at least 119
67. d
dMaternal deaths have
fallen 42% in the same period
Source: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Image: Tara Moore/Getty Images
Worldwide
68. Source: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Image: Tim Matsui/Getty Images News
d
d
d
Contraceptive use
is higher than its
ever been
Worldwide
69. 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
71. 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
72. d
d
d
175 CEOs signed the
largest-ever commitment to
diversity and inclusion
Source: Fortune; Image: Hero Images/Getty Images
United States
73. d
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Source: The Wall Street Journal; Image: Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images
United States
d
Fearless Girl provoked a
debate about womens
representation on Wall Street
74. d
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Source: Reuters; Image: Thomas Barwick/Getty Images
United Kingdom
d
The UK passed a law
requiring large companies
to publish pay information
by gender
75. 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 others ambitions
76. 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
77. d
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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
79. Women got behind the
wheel in Saudi Arabia
Source: NY Times; Image: FAYEZ NURELDINE/Getty Images
Saudi Arabia
80. d
d
U.S. womens soccer team
won a victory for pay equity
Source: Mother Jones; Image: Mike Hewitt/FIFA
United States
81. d
d
d
For the first time, an
all-female flight crew
circled the globe
Source: CNN; Image: CNN
India
82. The New York Times
hired its first-ever
gender editor
Source: Teen Vogue; Image: Andrew Burton/Getty Images News
United States
83. Source: NY Times; Image: NY Times
d
d
Australia
d
Senator Larissa
Waters breastfed in
Australian Parliament
84. The years 3 top-grossing films all
featured women in lead roles
Source: Huffington Post and Forbes; Image: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment
Worldwide
85. Source: USA Today; Image: Glamour
Worldwide
Ibtihaj Muhammad inspired
the first hijab-wearing Barbie
86. Source: NY Times; Image: NY Times
d
d
d
A girls robotics team from
Afghanistan competed on
the worlds stage
Afghanistan
87. d
d
The Girl Scouts announced
23 new badges in STEM
Source: USA Today; Image: Steve Debenport/Getty Images
United States
89. Source: LA Times and Roll Call; Image: Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images News
d
d
Kamala Harris smashed
multiple glass ceilings
United States
90. Source: Mashable and Washington Post; Image: Zach Gibson/Getty Images News
d
d
Maxine Waters
reclaimed her time
United States
91. d
d
Source: CNN; Image: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images News
United States
d
Elizabeth Warren inspired a
new rallying cry:
Nevertheless, she persisted
92. Source: Washington Post; Image: Drew Angerer/Getty Images News
United States
98% of Black women in
Alabama made history by
electing Doug Jones
93. 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
94. d
d
Source: Vox; Image: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images News
Worldwide
d
d
4+ million people
marched for womens
rights across 60 countries
and all 7 continents
98. Source: CNN; Image: CNN
United States
Danica Roem was elected
as Virginias first openly
trans state lawmaker
99. Source: NY Times; Image: Karen Ducey/Getty Images News
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Jenny Durkan became
Seattles first openly
lesbian mayor
United States
100. United States
Elizabeth Guzman and Hala Ayala
became the first Latinas in the
Virginia General Assembly
Source: NY Times; Image: Elizabeth Guzm叩n for Virginia and Hala Ayala for Delegate
107. Source: Fortune; Image: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Europe
Iceland
Iceland passed the strongest
law in the world requiring equal
pay for women and men
108. United States
Source: The Atlantic ; Image: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Sport
More than 150 female
athletes bravely shared
their stories of abuse
109. Source: NY Times; Image: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images News
United Kingdom
Incoming women outnumbered
men at Oxford for the first time
in the schools 900-year history
110. Source: The Huffington Post; Image: Jung Yeon-Je/Getty Images
United States
Team USAs women won more
Olympic medals than the men
for the first time in 20 years
111. Oprah won the Cecil B. DeMille Award
and challenged and inspired us
Source: The New Yorker; Image: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Entertainment
United States
112. Times Up became
a global rallying cry
Image: NY Times
United States
113. For the second year in a
row, millions marched for
womens rights
Source: USA Today; Image: Sam Morris/Getty Images News
United States
114. A record number of women
are running for political office
Source: Washington Post; Image: Roll Call
United States
115. There are still many causes worth
sacrificing for, so much history yet
to be made.
Michelle Obama
116. In the future, there will be no female
leaders. There will just be leaders.
Sheryl Sandberg
118. Special thanks to
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