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Fredag, mars 4, 2005 at 21:32:

The Girl Child    100 mill. girls are missing from today's population statistics - aborted, abandoned (forlatt) or killed due to gender (kjoenn). (New York Times - 1991) 20 mill. of China's girls are missing, 85% of those cases are missing due to unknown causes. (1996-TIME) 999 out of 1000 abortions in Bombay are of female babies. At some hospitals, cribs line the outside of maternity wards, holding three to four girls each, free for the taking. (Women As Risk Takers for God, Lorry Lutz) 2 million girls, between the ages of 5 to 15, are forcibly sold each year into prostitution by parents, male partners and human  trafficking (menneskehandel). (UNICEF) 2 million girls have been mutilated by female genital circumcision (omskjaering) to ensure virginity. (Why not Women? by Cunningham and Hamilton) Women and the Home    5,000 Muslim women will be killed by relatives for the sake of defending family honor this year. (UNICEF) In Brazil, it is justifiable homicide (lovlig drap) to kill an unfaithful wife. (TIME - 1995) More than 5,000 brides in India are burned to death annually by their husbands or in-laws due to unmet dowry demands (brudepris), or to marry again and collect another dowry from a new bride's family. (UNICEF) 450 million women and girls are physically impaired due to malnutrion (underernaering). In many societies, females eat only after the males have had their fill, and some nutritious foods, such as chicken or eggs, are considered taboo for females. (World Vision) Women and Economics    70% of people living in abject poverty (living on less than $1 U.S. a day) are women. (1995- UNIFEM) Women produce half of the world's food, yet own only 1% of the world's wealth. (Gender, Poverty and Sustainable Development Vivienne Wee and Noleen Hayze) There is no country in the world where women's wages (loenn) are equal to those of men. (2000-"Women and Poverty: Fact  Sheet", Marika Morris, CRIAW.) In both developed and developing countries, women work 35 hours more than men every week. (1996- SIGI) In Silicon Valley, for every 100 shares of stock options owned by a man, only one share is owned by a woman. (1993 - UNIFEM) 2/3 of the world's 876 million illiterate people (msk. som ikke kan lese/skrive) are women. (SIGI The World's Women) Women and Conflict    Rwanda, The Congo, Sierra Leone, Kosovo and Afghanistan have used rape (voldtekt) as a systematic weapon of war with near complete impunity. (UNICEF) 75% of the world's refugees are women.  (2000-SIGI: "UNICEF Executive Director Targets Violence Against Women") 80% of women in Pakistan are abused in the home.  60% in Korea. (Women as Risk Takers for God - Lorry Lutz) In Johannesburg, South Africa, a woman is raped every minute. (World Vision) In the USA, a woman is battered (slaatt) every 15 seconds.  And 1 out of 3 will be a victim of sexual assault  (seksuell mishandling).  (UNICEF) The Room