Think EQUAL for Women and Girls

Publisher:
World Bank
Publication Date:
8 September 2011
Tags:
Africa, Women and Gender, Sustainable Development

Inequality is a lifelong experience for women and girls. Today women are less likely to survive their first year of life, have clean water, own land and control their own money. Women are also more likely to be illiterate, suffer violence at home, do unpaid work and eat less in times of crisis. It's time to think EQUAL for women and girls.

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