This presentation is a snapshot of the most recent research on women’s rights. Divided into three categories––the Bad, the Ugly, and the Good––it explores women’s global experiences, setbacks, and achievements.

1. The State
of Women
International Women’s Day 2018

2. This is a snapshot of a big
and complex story.

3. We’ve organized it into the
Bad, the Ugly, and the Good
(to end on a hopeful note).

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5. Men still run the world

6. Source: UN Women
Women lead 11 of 195 countries
Worldwide

7. The UN has never had a
female Secretary-General
Worldwide
Source: Council on Foreign Relations; Image: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images News

8. Source: UN Women; Image: Carl Court/Getty Images News
Women hold 23% of
seats in parliaments
Worldwide

9. 4 of 113 Supreme Court
Justices have been women
Source: Rutgers; Image: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Entertainment
United States

10. Women hold 20% of seats in
the U.S. Congress
Source: CAWP
United States

11. Women of color hold 7% of seats
in Congress
Source: CAWP
United States

12. Source: Rutgers
United States
6 states have female governors

13. Only 1 is a woman of color
Source: CAWP
United States

14. Source: NPR
And only 1 is an openly gay woman
United States

15. Source: Deloitte; Image: Hero Images/Getty Images
Women hold only
12% of corporate
board seats
Worldwide

16. 1 in 5 C-suite executives is a woman
Source: Women in the Workplace
United States

17. Source: Women in the Workplace
And fewer than 1 in 30 is
a woman of color
United States

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Source: Women in the Workplace; Image: Thomas Barwick/Getty Images
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Nearly 50% of men think women
are well represented when 1 in 10
leaders is a woman
United States

19. There’s a gender imbalance
across nearly every major
industry in the United States

20. Teachers Superintendents
76%
Education
Source: NCES and Ahead of the Heard
23%
United States

21. 43%
75%
Nonprofit workforce Nonprofit CEOs
Source: NCGS and Chicago Business
Nonprofits
United States

22. 12%
61%
Accountants and auditors Fortune 500 CFOs
Source: Catalyst
Finance
United States

23. 19%
57%
Food prep workers Chefs
Source: Data USA
Restaurants
United States

24. Consider how this power
imbalance plays out in one
industry: the media

25. Source: Box Office Mojo; Image: Hero Images/Getty Images
1 of the 10 largest movie
studios is run by a woman
United States

26. Source: Statista; Image: Alexander Spatari/Getty Images
Advertising agencies:
2 out of 10
United States

27. Source: Investopedia; Image: JGI/Tom Grill/Getty Images
Media companies:
0 out of 10
United States

28. The people in power
shape our culture

29. Source: GirlPowerMarketing.com; Image: Yellow Tail, Super Bowl 2017
United States
91% of women say
advertisers don’t
understand them

30. Source: WMC and USC; Image: Uconn Today
Women’s sports get
3% of TV coverage
United States

31. Source: WMC; Image: Ethan Miller/Getty Images News
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Far more men
report the news
United States

32. All this inequality is having an
impact on our girls

33. Source: BBC; Image: Maskot/Getty Images
At 6, girls start to see
themselves as less
talented than boys
Worldwide

34. Source: The Girls’ Index; Image: GeorgiaCourt/Getty Images
46% of girls do not
speak up because
they want to be liked
United States

35. Source: The Girls’ Index; Image: LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images
1 in 3 girls are
afraid to lead
United States

36. When women rise,
companies are stronger
and safer

37. Source: WMC; Image: Matelly/Getty Images
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United States
Sexual harassment is 2X as common
in male-dominated organizations

38. Source: WMC; Image: Hero Images/Getty Images
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United States
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When more women are in
leadership, company
profits are higher

39. Tremendous amounts of talent are lost
to our society just because that talent
wears a skirt.”
Shirley Chisholm

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41. Too many women and girls
are poor and marginalized
around the world

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70% of people living in
extreme poverty are
women and girls
Source: PCI and One; Image: Scott Nelson/Getty Images News
Worldwide

43. Source: UN and World Development; Image: Aditya Tandon/Getty Images
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Fewer than 20% of the
world’s landholders
are women
Worldwide

44. Source: UN; Image: Image: Philippe Roy/Getty Images
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Women are concentrated in
lower-paid, lower-skilled jobs
Worldwide

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Source: NWLC; Image: Mint Images RF/Getty Images
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Nearly two-thirds
of minimum-wage
workers are women
United States

46. On average, women are paid
23% less than men
Source: UN Women
16.5%
Mexico
21%
Chile
16%
Brazil
11%
Pakistan
26%
Japan
14%
Australia
24%
Russia11%
Poland
Worldwide
15%
Israel
37%
Rep. of Korea
17%
Botswana
39%
Malawi

47. 130 million girls are
Source: The ONE Campaign and UN; Image: Chris McGrath/Getty Images Europe
not in school
Worldwide

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Source: ICRW; Image: Allison Joyce/Getty Images News
On average, there
are 15 million child
marriages every year
Worldwide

49. Women have far too little
control over our reproductive
health and choices

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Source: UN, The World’s Women 2015, and WHO; Image: Hinterhaus Productions/Getty Images
Worldwide
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Almost half of all
abortions worldwide
are unsafe

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Source: UN, The World’s Women 2015, and WHO; Image: Carlo107/Getty Images
United States
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87% of counties
do not have an
abortion clinic

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Maternal mortality
is a leading cause of
death in women of
reproductive age
Source: WHO and NPR; Image: Ian Waldie/Getty Images News
Worldwide

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Source: WHO and AVERT; Image: John Moore/Getty Images News
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Modern contraception is
out of reach for 214 million
women who want to avoid
pregnancy
Worldwide

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The United States is 1 of
only 2 countries with no
paid maternity leave
United States
Source: Huffington Post and Brookings; Image: Ian Lishman/Getty Images

55. Sexual harassment, sexual
assault, and violence against
women are pervasive

56. 60% of women have been
sexually harassed
Source: Quinnipiac
60%
United States

57. 1 in 3 women have experienced
physical and/or sexual violence
Source: WHO
Worldwide

58. Source: UNICEF; Image: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images News
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120 million girls have
experienced rape or
forced sexual acts
Worldwide

59. Women still lack fundamental
rights in many countries

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46 countries do not provide
legal protection against
domestic violence
Source: Global Citizen; Image: Spencer Platt/Getty Images News
Worldwide

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In 26 countries,
spousal rape is legal
Source: World Bank; Image: Allison Joyce/Getty Images News
Worldwide

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Source: World Bank ; Image: Hero Images/Getty Images
Worldwide
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In 18 countries, a
husband can prevent his
wife from taking a job

63. Human rights are women’s rights and
women’s rights are human rights.”
Hillary Rodham Clinton

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65. Women and girls today have a
better chance of leading safe
and healthy lives...

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Source: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and UNSD; Image: Uwe Krejci/Getty Images
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Worldwide
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Since 1995, more than
60 countries have made
domestic violence
illegal, bringing the
total to at least 119

67. d
dMaternal deaths have
fallen 42% in the same period
Source: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Image: Tara Moore/Getty Images
Worldwide

68. Source: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Image: Tim Matsui/Getty Images News
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Contraceptive use
is higher than it’s
ever been
Worldwide

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Source: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Image: Bartosz Hadyniak/Getty Images
Worldwide
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dThe global gender education
gap has virtually closed for
elementary-school-age girls

70. Slowly but surely, the
workplace is changing…

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90% of companies report gender
diversity is a high priority
Source: Women in the Workplace 2016; Image: MoMo Productions/Getty Images
United States

72. d
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175 CEOs signed the
largest-ever commitment to
diversity and inclusion
Source: Fortune; Image: Hero Images/Getty Images
United States

73. d
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Source: The Wall Street Journal; Image: Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images
United States
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Fearless Girl provoked a
debate about women’s
representation on Wall Street

74. d
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Source: Reuters; Image: Thomas Barwick/Getty Images
United Kingdom
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The UK passed a law
requiring large companies
to publish pay information
by gender

75. Source: LeanIn.Org; Image: Lean In Kuwait
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Worldwide
d
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Every month, women in
162 countries meet in
Lean In Circles to support
each other’s ambitions

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Women are negotiating at the same
rates as men (a decade ago men
negotiated 2-3 times more)
Source: Women in the Workplace 2017 and Women Don't Ask: The High Cost of Avoiding Negotiation, Linda Babcock; Image: Thomas Barwick/Getty Images
United States

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Source: Gallup; Image: JohnnyGreig/Getty Images
United States
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For the first time, workers
are as happy to have a
female boss as a male boss

78. Around the world,
breakthroughs happened...

79. Women got behind the
wheel in Saudi Arabia
Source: NY Times; Image: FAYEZ NURELDINE/Getty Images
Saudi Arabia

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U.S. women’s soccer team
won a victory for pay equity
Source: Mother Jones; Image: Mike Hewitt/FIFA
United States

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For the first time, an
all-female flight crew
circled the globe
Source: CNN; Image: CNN
India

82. The New York Times
hired its first-ever
gender editor
Source: Teen Vogue; Image: Andrew Burton/Getty Images News
United States

83. Source: NY Times; Image: NY Times
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Australia
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Senator Larissa
Waters breastfed in
Australian Parliament

84. The year’s 3 top-grossing films all
featured women in lead roles
Source: Huffington Post and Forbes; Image: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment
Worldwide

85. Source: USA Today; Image: Glamour
Worldwide
Ibtihaj Muhammad inspired
the first hijab-wearing Barbie

86. Source: NY Times; Image: NY Times
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A girls’ robotics team from
Afghanistan competed on
the world’s stage
Afghanistan

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The Girl Scouts announced
23 new badges in STEM
Source: USA Today; Image: Steve Debenport/Getty Images
United States

88. Women showed their
political power...

89. Source: LA Times and Roll Call; Image: Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images News
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Kamala Harris smashed
multiple glass ceilings
United States

90. Source: Mashable and Washington Post; Image: Zach Gibson/Getty Images News
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Maxine Waters
reclaimed her time
United States

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Source: CNN; Image: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images News
United States
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Elizabeth Warren inspired a
new rallying cry:
“Nevertheless, she persisted”

92. Source: Washington Post; Image: Drew Angerer/Getty Images News
United States
98% of Black women in
Alabama made history by
electing Doug Jones

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Source: BBC, NY Times, The Guardian; Image: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Worldwide
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Several countries selected
a woman to lead them,
including New Zealand,
Iceland, and Serbia

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Source: Vox; Image: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images News
Worldwide
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4+ million people
marched for women’s
rights across 60 countries
and all 7 continents

95. The silence
breakers held men
accountable for
sexual harassment
Source: TIME; Image: TIME
Worldwide

96. Millions said #MeToo
Source: CBS News; Image: Business Insider
Worldwide

97. ...and women won big
on Election Night

98. Source: CNN; Image: CNN
United States
Danica Roem was elected
as Virginia’s first openly
trans state lawmaker

99. Source: NY Times; Image: Karen Ducey/Getty Images News
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Jenny Durkan became
Seattle’s first openly
lesbian mayor
United States

100. United States
Elizabeth Guzman and Hala Ayala
became the first Latinas in the
Virginia General Assembly
Source: NY Times; Image: Elizabeth Guzmán for Virginia and Hala Ayala for Delegate

101. Perspectives are
changing, too...

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This was Getty Images’ top-selling
image for “woman” in 2017
Source: Getty Images
Worldwide

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Source: Getty Images
Worldwide
Here’s the top-selling
image from 2007

104. Source: CNN; Image: Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images News
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Worldwide
The most talked-about
moment on Facebook was
International Women’s Day

105. Word of the year: Feminism
Source: US News; Image: samdiesel/Getty Images
Worldwide

106. So far this year…

107. Source: Fortune; Image: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Europe
Iceland
Iceland passed the strongest
law in the world requiring equal
pay for women and men

108. United States
Source: The Atlantic ; Image: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Sport
More than 150 female
athletes bravely shared
their stories of abuse

109. Source: NY Times; Image: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images News
United Kingdom
Incoming women outnumbered
men at Oxford for the first time
in the school’s 900-year history

110. Source: The Huffington Post; Image: Jung Yeon-Je/Getty Images
United States
Team USA’s women won more
Olympic medals than the men
for the first time in 20 years

111. Oprah won the Cecil B. DeMille Award
and challenged and inspired us
Source: The New Yorker; Image: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Entertainment
United States

112. “Time’s Up” became
a global rallying cry
Image: NY Times
United States

113. For the second year in a
row, millions marched for
women’s rights
Source: USA Today; Image: Sam Morris/Getty Images News
United States

114. A record number of women
are running for political office
Source: Washington Post; Image: Roll Call
United States

115. There are still many causes worth
sacrificing for, so much history yet
to be made.”
Michelle Obama

116. In the future, there will be no female
leaders. There will just be leaders.”
Sheryl Sandberg

117. Let’s make history.
Join us in the fight for
equality at leanin.org.

118. Special thanks to
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