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In the U.S. women earn just 79 cents
for every dollar made by men, for the same work.
Nearly 40 percent of the wage gap cannot be explained by occupation, work experience, race or union membership.
The wage gap exists within all racial and ethnic groups, however,
women of color are most severely effected.
Each year, 15 million girls are married
before the age of 18.
That's 28 girls
every minute.
1 every 2 second.
More than 130 million women globally, are not getting any education.
There are more than 20 countries that
discriminate against female education.
2/3 of the 774 million illiterate people in the world are female.
A girl who completes primary school is three times less likely to contract HIV.