Facts about women's rights

(a handy, completely depressing read)


Facts about women’s rights

Women and girls face violence, discrimination and injustice every day of their lives. These statistics evidence the struggle women across the globe face. You can share these facts to help us raise awareness of the challenges facing women.


Violence against women and girls

From domestic violence to traditional harmful social practices and sexual exploitation, violence against women and girls happens all over the world

1 in 3 women around the world experience violence (source. World Health Organization).
58% of all women murdered in 2017 were killed by an intimate partner or a family member (source. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2018).
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Women’s economic rights

Women don’t have the same economic rights as men. Unpaid care work, lack of fair pay and job security, poor working conditions, and limited opportunity to own land and inherit property are all undermining women’s rights. Women can’t earn a living and take control of their lives.

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Women’s participation and leadership

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Funding for women’s rights organisations

History has shown that women’s rights organisations and movements are a vital catalyst for gender equality and the realisation of women’s rights. From grassroots organising to advocacy and campaigning, women’s rights organisations are uniquely placed to mobilise and empower women to come together to know and claim their rights. Women’s rights organisation have the knowledge and legitimacy to represent women’s concerns and priorities. Their very existence affirms women’s leadership and participation. Yet many women’s rights organisations around the world are chronically underfunded. They urgently need flexible, long term and core funding that meet their vision of achieving a gender equal world. Only 1% of aid supporting gender equality went to women’s rights organisations in 2016-2017, despite governments around the world committing an extra $1bn to gender equality initiatives globally (sources. Guardian, 2019, OECD, 2019).

https://www.womankind.org.uk/womens-rights-facts/