- The majority of people worldwide who live in absolute poverty (that is, living on less than one dollar a day) are women.
- Women do 75% of the world’s work, including unpaid, yet own only 10% of the world wealth.
- Out of over 180 countries, only 11 are currently led by women.
- 1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence at some point in their lives.
Monday, June 1, 2009
An Injury to One is an Injury to All
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politics,
sexism,
theory into praxis
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1 comment:
An increasingly relevant post today, I'm afraid.
Check this link:
http://www.vday.org/node/1695
The scary thing is, that things like this are so common, such brutalities so everyday, that I feel one has become desensitised... we need higher and higher levels of violence in order to shock us into action and outrage... and that is so sad.
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