- In 2018 Iceland was the first country to make the Gender Pay Gap illegal
- 58% of young adults newly infected with HIV are women
- In the last three years, four countries have removed criminal laws against gays and lesbians: Mozambique, Seychelles, Nauru and Belize
- 40% of women in South Africa will be raped in their lifetime
- Feminist 'right to pee' movements are challenging the lack of public toilets for women in many countries
- A woman is murdered by her intimate partner every 3 days in France and Japan, and every 30 hours in Argentina
- In 2008 Rwanda was the first country to elect a majority-women government (56%)
- The rate of breast cancer in North America is almost double that of Africa
- At current rates, boys and girls around the world will have equal access to education by about 2030
- Maternal mortality is decreasing in most developed countries except in the USA where it's increasing, especially for Black women
- 520 million women can't read this