April 2002 - From global to local
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Since 1989, economic restructuring in Eastern European countries has resulted in the loss of 26 million jobs. Roughly 14 million of these were held by women (according to UNICEF). |
The feminization of poverty, a reality that is gaining ground. |
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The March demands are read out in the Central African Republic on March 8, 2000. |
Marital rape is considered a crime in only 17 states on the planet. |
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Defending women's situation: the Yemeni publication Our rights, organ of the HRITC, devoted its March 1999 issue to this question. |
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Drawing taken from "Contra a pobreza a violência sexista," Marcha Mundial das Mulheres, Brazil 2000. |
It is estimated that over 585,000 women die every year due to preventable complications in pregnancy or childbirth or after an abortion performed in unsanitary conditions. Out of 300 million children who have no access to education, two thirds are girls. |
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