Only 24 percent of national parliamentarians were women as of November 2018, a small increase from 11.3 percent in 1995.
Women earn only 77 cents for every dollar that men get for the same work.
35 percent of women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence.
Disadvantages in education translate into lack of access to skills and limited opportunities in the labour market.
1 in 3 girls aged 15-19 have experienced some form of female genital mutilation/cutting in the 30 countries in Africa and the Middle East
In 18 countries, husbands can legally prevent their wives from working; in 39 countries, daughters and sons do not have equal inheritance rights; and 49 countries lack laws protecting women from domestic violence.
Almost 750 million women and girls alive today were married before their 18th birthday.
Gender equality means that the different behaviours, aspirations and needs of women and men are considered, valued and favoured equally.
