GENDER BIND / UNFAIR SHARE

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 21^st Century?

Hemen  Parekh