Gender inequality doesn’t exist for you because its never been a barrier.

1. The US is one of the eight countries in the world that doesn’t provide any form of paid maternity leave





2. On average, women around the world spend more than twice as many hours as men doing unpaid (unpaid work refers to work performed in the house, from childcare, cooking and cleaning). There is no country where the gap is zero. Across their lifetimes, on average a woman will spend 7 years more performing unpaid work than a man.





3. Women across the world currently bear the majority of childcare





4. Gender discrimination is encoded into law in countries across the globe. These are just a few examples;





A) 113 countries do not have laws to ensure equal pay for equal work among men and women





B) 104 countries make certain jobs off-limits for women





C) 39 countries limit what wives can inherit from their husbands





D) 29 countries restrict the hours women can work





E) 18 countries allow men to prohibit their wives from working





F) 17 countries limit when and how women can travel outside the home





Statistics from Melinda Gate’s “The moment of lift”





Imagine what you could do with an extra 7 years!





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