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When we invest in girls and women, everybody wins! Share these infographics to show why girls and women belong at the center of sustainable development.

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• Girls and Women spend 90% of their earned income on their families , while men spend only 30-40. (UNAC, 2012)
• Female farmers having the same access to resources as men = 150 million fewer hungry people (FAO, 2011)
• If the need for modern contraception was met…
  • Reduce unintended pregnancies by 70% (Guttmacher, 2014)
  • Reduce unsafe abortions by 74% (Guttmacher, 2014)
  • Decrease maternal deaths by 25% (Guttmacher, unpublished)
• Each additional year of secondary schooling = 15 – 25% increase in a girls potential earning (UNICEF, 2011)
• Sanitation would make 1.215 billion women’s lives safer and healthier (WaterAid, 2013)

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• Half of the world’s population today – over 3.5 billion people – is under 30, mostly living in developing countries (EuroMonitor, 2012)
• More than 39,000 girls under 18 are married each day (WHO, 2013)
• Pregnancy and childbirth-related complications are one of the leading causes of death among girls 15-19 (WHO, 2012)
• Young women make up more than 60% of all young people living with HIV, or 72% in sub-Saharan Africa (UNICEF, 2011)
• In some countries, nearly half of girls report that their first sexual encounter was coerced (IPPF, 2013)

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• The average life expectancy for women is 82 years in high-income countries and 63.1 years in low-income countries (WHO, 2014)
• 64% of illiterate adults are women (UNESCO, 2011)
• Girls and Women spend 90% of their earned income on their families , while men spend only 30-40. (UNAC, 2012)
• One in four women is physically abused during pregnancy (UNFPA, 2013)
• Globally, nearly 40% of murders of women are committed by an intimate partner (WHO, 2013)
• Every day, 39,000 girls are forced into early marriage (WHO, 2013)
• Women make up only 22% of Parliamentarian seats (IPU, 2015) and 8% of the world’s executives (The Economist, 2005)
• 95% of countries have a male head of state (UN Women, 2015)

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• 225 million women in developing countries have an unmet need for family planning (Guttmacher, 2014)
• The impact of the unmet need:
  • 74 million unplanned pregnancies (Guttmacher, 2014)
  • 28 million unplanned births (Guttmacher, 2014)
  • 36 million abortions every year (Guttmacher, 2014)
• Spending one dollar for contraceptive services reduces the cost of pregnancy-related care by $1.47 (Guttmacher, 2014)
• Investing $9.4 billion annually to fully meet the need for modern contraceptive services would…
  • Reduce unintended pregnancies by 70% (Guttmacher, 2014)
  • Reduce unsafe abortions by 74% (Guttmacher, 2014)
  • Decrease maternal deaths by 25% (Guttmacher, unpublished)
  • Drop newborn deaths by 18% (Guttmacher, unpublished)

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• Girls and women spend 90% of their earned income on their families, while men spend only 30-40% (UNAC, 2012)
• Eliminating barriers to employment for girls and women could raise labor productivity by 25% in some countries (IMF, 2012)
• Closing the gender gap in agriculture could lift 100-150 million people out of hunger (FAO, 2011)
• Growing evidence shows that corporations led by women are more focused on sustainability (UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, 2012)
• When 10% more girls go to school, a country’s GDP increases by an average of 3% (USAID, 2011)

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• 31 Million girls of primary school age are not enrolled in school (UNESCO, 2013)
• Enrollment rates in sub-Saharan Africa are:
  • 100 girls per 100 boys in pre-primary education
  • 92 girls per 100 boys in primary school
  • 84 girls per 100 boys in secondary school
  • 61 girls her 100 boys in tertiary school
• If we could keep girls in school beyond grade 7, they would be…
  • More likely to marry 4 years later (PMNCH, 2013)
  • More likely to have an average of 2.2 fewer children (PMNCH, 2013)

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• 289,000+ women die from pregnancy and childbirth-related complications each year (WHO, 2013)
  • That’s 800 women a day (WHO, 2013)
  • 99% of these deaths occur in developing countries (WHO, 2013)
  • Nearly all are preventable (World Bank, 2014)
• Nearly 3 million newborn babies die every year (UNICEF, 2013)
• Motherless children are up to 10 times more likely to die within 2 years of their mother’s death (UNICEF, 2013)

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• By 2030, a half million women will die of cervical cancer, with more than 98% of deaths in developing countries (Cervical Cancer Free Coalition, 2013)