On this planet, right now: 1,500 women die from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth every day A woman's risk of dying in childbirth: 1 in 25 to 40 in developing countries,  1 in 3,000 in developed countries. Source: 1994 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development 75% of refugees and displaced persons are women and children. Source: Wistat, 1994 & UNHCR Out of 1.3 billion people living in absolute poverty, 70% are women. More than one million babies die each year from malnutrition, neglect and abuse who d not have died if they had not been born girls Source: Education Working Group, UNICEF In America today: One woman is physically abused every eight seconds One woman is raped every six minutes . Source: National Center on Women and Family Law, USA, 1988/New York Times, 19 October 1994 Domestic violence is the number one cause of serious injury to women ages 18-49. At the current rate of progress, it would take 475 years for women to reach equality with men as senior managers. Source: 1994 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development, United Nations 1995 US Bureau of Labor Statistics: Women constitute almost 47 percent of this country’s labor force, There are only six Fortune 500 women CEOs According to statistics released by the US Census Bureau on September 25, 2001 For every 1 Dollar earned by White men: White women working full-time earn only 73 cents African-American women earn only 65 cents Latina women earn only 53 cents