Today:
- Women across Europe are working another day for nearly 20% less an hour than men.
- £11bn of the £18bn public service cuts in the UK is coming from the pockets of women.
- Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has signed a bill requiring Virginia women to undergo an ultrasound procedure prior to having an abortion, claiming this aligns the state with 23 others who have also made this mandatory.
- BBC journalists composed a list of survival tips for female reporters on international conflicts. Tips include 'avoid wading into large, mainly male, crowds on your own' and 'don't always look men in the eye'.
- 1 in 10 women in Congo are living with the effects of being raped.
- About 140 million girls and women worldwide are currently living with the consequences of genital mutilation.
- Only 6.5% of reported rapes in the UK are resulting in a conviction
- Afghan's top clerics are issuing guidelines claiming that 'women are subordinate to men, should not mix in work or education and must always have a male guardian when they travel'. They are being backed by the Afghani president.
- Globally, at least one in three women is beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused by an intimate partner in the course of her lifetime.
- 70% of about 220 million who are semiliterate or illiterate in China are women.
Just saying.
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