NSTworld On Int'l Women's Day, world asks: Has enough progress been made?
From getting more girls into school to reducing deaths in childbirth, improvements have been made. But equality remains a long way off, with millions of girls and women’s lives still scarred by discrimination, poverty and violence.
* 25 per cent of seats in national parliaments are held by women - more than double the 11 per cent share in 1995. * About 50 countries have liberalised their abortion laws in the last 25 years, with 18 lifting outright bans.* 34 per cent of girls aged 15 to 19 have undergone FGM in the 31 countries where there is UN data, down from 47 per cent in 1995.* Girls born today can expect to live nearly eight more years than girls born in 1995 .* Men hold 75 per cent of parliamentary seats worldwide and 73 per cent of managerial positions.
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