In Times of India [ March 08,2011 ], Ms. Rema Nagarajan provides
following insights :
- Women own
1 per cent of the world’s wealth, have a 10 per cent share in global
income
- Women
comprise half the world’s population but occupy just 14 per cent of
leadership positions in the private and public sector
- Of the 1.4
billion people living on less than $ 1 a day, 70 per cent are women and
girls
- Women do
two-thirds of the world’s work, but earn only 10 percent of the income
- Women
produce half of the world’s food, but own just 1 per cent of its land
- Of the
almost 900 million adults worldwide who can’t read or write, two-thirds
are women
Will mankind [ on “ Women’s Day “ 2011, should I say, womankind ? ]
manage to bridge this gap by end of 21st Century?
Hemen Parekh
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