Facts & Figures

Leadership Facts & Figures

Out of over 180 countries, only 13 have elected women heads of state or government:

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The Internet is the fastest-growing tool of communication ever. It took radio broadcasters 38 years to reach an audience of 50 million, television 13 years, and the Internet just 4 years.
The Worldwide Internet Population is estimated at 1.08 billion. In 2000 there were 400 million users, and in 1995 20 million users.
In 2001 more information could be sent over a single cable in a second than in 1997 was sent over the entire Internet in a month.
The cost of transmitting information has fallen dramatically. A trillion bits of information from Boston to Los Angeles from $150,000 in 1970 to 12 cents today. E-mailing a 40-page document from Chile to Kenya costs less than 10 cents, faxing it about $10, sending it by courier $50.
The average total cost of using a local dialup Internet account for 20 hours a month in Africa is about USD 60 a month and USD 22 a month in the US. The average African monthly salary is less than USD 60.
Native English speakers represent 35% of the online population, although they are less than 10% of the world population. Native Chinese speakers represent the second largest group: 16% of the online population.
In Chile 89% of internet users have had tertiary education, in Sri Lanka 65%, and in China 70%.
Iceland has the highest percentage of internet users (68%); the United States stands at 56%; Malaysia 34%; Jordan 8%; Palestine 4%; Nigeria 0.6%; Tajikistan 0.1%

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The 3 RICHEST PEOPLE in the world own assets that exceed the combined gross national product of ALL LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES and their 600 million people.
The richest 20% of the world’s population enjoys a share in global income that is 86 times that of the poorest 20%.
More than 1.2 billion people in the world live on less that $1 a day. More than 50% of them are children. Nearly 1 billion cannot meet their basic consumption requirements.
The assets of the 200 richest people are more than the combined income of 41% of the world's people.
A yearly contribution of 1% of their wealth or $8 billion could provide universal access to primary education for all.
Industrialized countries hold 97% of all patents, and global corporations hold 90% of all technology and product patents.
Over 80% of foreign direct investment in developing and transtition economies goes to just 20 countries, with China receiving the maximum share.
Debt relief for the 20 worst affected countries would cost between US $5.5 billion to $7.7 billion, LESS than the cost of ONE stealth bomber.

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855,000,000 people in the world are illiterate. 70% of them are female.
Two-thirds of the world's children who receive less than four years of education are girls.
For every year beyond fourth grade that girls go to school, family size drops 20%, child deaths drop 10%, and wages rise 20%; yet, international aid dedicated to education is declining.
Worldwide, more than half the population of women over age 15 cannot read or write.
Girls represent nearly 60% of the children not in school.
Even when women have equal years of education, it does not translate into economic opportunities or political power.
While women in Nigeria enjoy 53% literacy, in Morocco 34%, and in Palestine 77%, their participation in politics and the economy lag far behind.

Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury and death for women worldwide.
Only 1 in 100 battered women in the U.S. reports the abuse she suffers. Every nine seconds, a woman is battered by her domestic partner.
59% of Japanese women are victims of domestic violence. In Kenya, 42% of women and in Pakistan, 80% of women experience violence within the home.
Everyday, 6000 girls are genitally mutilated.
Every year in India, 5000 brides are murdered or commit suicide because their marriage dowries are considered inadequate.

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