1. During the 19th and early 20th centuries people began to agitate for the right of women to vote. 2.Every woman and girl has sexual and reproductive rights 3.Women should be able to live without fear of gender-based violence, including rape and other sexual violence, female genital mutilation , forced marriage, forced pregnancy, forced abortion, or forced sterilization. 4.many women and girls around the world are still unable to access safe and legal abortions. 5.But many women face real challenges when it comes to this. They may not be allowed to have their own passports, or they might have to seek permission from a male guardian in order to travel. 6.Gender based violence happens to women and girls in disproportionate numbers. 7.Women and girls in conflict are especially at risk from violence, and throughout history sexual violence has been used as a weapon of war 8.an average 30% of all women who have been in a relationship have experienced physical and/or sexual violence committed against them by their partner 9.Women are more likely to be victims of sexual assault including rape, and are more likely to be the victims of so-called “honour crimes”. 10. men and boys can also be victims of sexual violence, it is women and girls who are overwhelmingly affected. 11.women are the subject of gender based discrimination in the workplace 12.women are denied access to a fair and equal wage. 13.In many countries around the world, women are denied their rights on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics. 14.Until women enjoy the same rights as men, this inequality is everyone’s problem. 15.The convention sets out an international bill of rights for women and girls, and defines what obligations states have make sure women can enjoy those rights. 1. 1 in 3 women around the world experience violence 2. 71% of all human trafficking involves women and girls – mainly for sexual exploitation 3. they are more at risk of sexual violence, exploitation and trafficking during war 4. Women spend at least twice as much time as men on domestic work, 5. Over 2.7 billion women don’t have the same work opportunities as men, with laws restricting the types of jobs they can do (source. World Bank, 2018). 6. Nearly 82 million women around the world don’t have any legal protection against discrimination in the workplace 7. Women make up just 25% of parliamentarians worldwide 8. Discrimination, violence and inequality stop women from speaking up about the decisions affecting their lives. 9. in 2018, the estimated global gender pay gap was 22%, with women earning around 78% of what men are paid 10.In January 2019, there were 11 women serving as Head of State and 10 as Head of Government 11. Between 1990 and 2019 women made up 2% of mediators, 5% of witnesses and signatories, and 8% of negotiators in major peace processes worldwide 12. Less than 15% of landholders worldwide are women, despite most women in the global south working in agriculture 13. Over 200 million women and girls in 30 countries have undergone female genital mutilation 14. 58% of all women murdered in 2017 were killed by an intimate partner or a family member 15. Around 650 million women across the globe were married before the age of 18