To all womenfolk, Happy International Women's Day! This year's United Nations theme is, "Women and men united to end violence against women and girls."

Here's a list of some gender facts, taken from the IWD website :

• Of 1.2 billion people living in poverty worldwide, 70% are women
• Women comprise 21 of the 37 million people living below the poverty line in the US
• 80% of the world's 27 million refugees are women
• Women are 2/3 of the 1 billion+ illiterate adults who have no access to basic education
• Women own around only 1% of the world's land
• Women do two-thirds of the world's work but receive only 10% of the world's income
• One year out of college women earn 20% less than men and 10 years later 31% less
• 530,000 women die in pregnancy or childbirth each year
• Women spend more time researching before they invest than men do
• Women use 20,000 words a day while men only use 7,000

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