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44 Globally, the female net secondary school attendance rate is 44 per cent. |
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52 In developing countries, 52 million girls were out of primary school in 2006 as
compared to 47 million boys. |
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1 in 3 About 1 in 3 of countries achieved gender parity in secondary education by 2005. |
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1 of 3 About one of three countries achieved gender parity in secondary education by 2005. |
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2 of 3 About two of three countries and territories worldwide reached gender parity in primary education by the target year of 2005 |
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17% The proportion of women who represent single and lower houses of
parliament as
of January 2007 |
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60% The proportion of
unpaid family workers globally who are women |
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1 of 3 The proportion of
women excluded from taking decisions on household expenditures |
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10% The
estimated proportion of land owned by women compared to men in parts of sub-Saharan Africa |
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163 The number of countries lacking sex-disaggregated data on
school attendance |
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17 of 20 The number
of countries with women parliamentarians using a quota system |
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9.5% The rate that women deputies in Argentina were more likely to
sponsor children
and family bills than their male counterparts in 1993-1994 |
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80% The proportion of
the population of Thailand that think a woman could be a good prime minister |
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8% The proportion of women parliamentarians in Arab States |
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14.3% The
proportion of women government ministers
worldwide |
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57% Girls in developing
world miss out on secondary education |
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2 of 3 The
proportion of male respondents in Bangladesh who
indicate that university education for boys
should be prioritized over that of girls |
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60-90 hours The number of
hours women work per week in developing
countries |
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20% Shortfall in
nominal wage for women than men |
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84% Women in
sub-Saharan Africa work in the informal
sector |
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21% The share of
women in single or lower houses of parliament in
developing countries in 2006 - up from 15% in
1990 |
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17% The share of
women in non-agricultural wage employment in
Southern Asia in 2004 compared to 46% in
developed regions |
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