By Jin In* - Founder of 4Girls GLocal Leadership (4GGL) – December 28, 2015
Are there more males or females in our world today?
The answer - males - surprises most people, even those in global affairs and development working to advance gender equality and women's empowerment.
Our planet gives birth - and life - to more boys than girls. 105 boys for every 100 girls. Though this seems insignificant at first glance, a deeper look will reveal its global impact. In fact, we can see more clearly how it's fueling violence and extremism that is exploding right now.
Gender preference and discrimination has resulted in 62 million more males than females on our planet. That is, if we created a new country with just the extra males, it would be the 24th largest, just behind the United Kingdom in population.
Direct Link to Full 105-Page 2015 Equality Now Report:
http://www.equalitynow.org/sites/default/files/NationalityReport_EN.pdf
FJ GENDER COUNCIL STATEMENT
For several years we have kept data on the women journalists killed, sometimes because they were women journalists. We do not say, nor mean, that these deaths are somehow more important or noteworthy than the much larger numbers of male journalists killed, but in recognition of the many years of under-reporting of deaths and violence against women, and women journalists. It is in that spirit that we mourn the loss of six of our sisters in 2015, from France, the Philippines, Somalia, South Sudan and the United States.
Direct Link to Full 12-Page 2015 CFS Document: http://www.wunrn.org/pdf/cfs.pdf
Direct Link to Full 8-Page 2015 Brochure:
