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No country in the world gives women the same power, pay and rights it gives to men

Plan Ireland published a report today that highlighted gender inequality.

THERE IS STILL no country in the world where women have equal status or influence to men according to a report published by Plan Ireland today.

It highlights how women still lag behind men when it comes to education accomplishment, earning power and political influence. It also shows that millions of women are victims of violence and abuse.

The report entitled, “Pathways to Power” Creating a Sustainable Change for Adolescent Girls, is an initiative of Plan Ireland’s Because I am a Girl campaign.

It found that:

  • 29% of adolescent girls and young women have experienced violence at the hands of their partners.
  • 1 in 3 girls in the developing world are married by their 18th birthday.
  • Worldwide, women still earn between 10-30% less than men.
  • Globally, women make up only 21.9% of parliamentarians, with only 19 female world leaders.
  • Of the 500 largest corporations in the world, only 25 have a female chief executive officer.

The report also makes a series of recommendations on how to transform the institutions that wield power and inhibit them from progressing.

This short video was shown at the launch of the report today.

Plan UK / YouTube

CEO of Plan Ireland, David Dalton, said:

Girls face double discrimination because of their age and gender. Astonishingly, 70% of the one billion people living in extreme poverty are women and girls.

pic Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh, Because I am a Girl Ambassador, Seán Sherlock TD, Minister for Development, Trade Promotion, and North South Co-operation, Ms Justina Mutale, African Woman of the Year, 2012 and David Dalton CEO of Plan Ireland

Seán Sherlock TD, Minister for Development, Trade Promotion, and North South Co-operation said:

Access to quality education empowers women and promotes better health and livelihood options for them and for their children.

“Despite progress over the last decade, the right to education is still denied to an unacceptably large number of girls today.”

Read: Women in G20 countries will have to wait 75 years to earn as much as men>

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    Aug 21st 2013, 10:25 PM

    Why are Michaella and Melissa wearing each others clothes?

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    Aug 21st 2013, 11:37 PM

    Probably either that or prison-garb.. looks pretty grim for the two of them

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    Aug 22nd 2013, 12:26 AM

    They clearly still have their heads in the clouds and don’t realise the gravity of the situation. I’d understand if they were changing into clean clothes, but it seems as if they just don’t want time be seen in the same outfit twice. Silly, silly, silly girls!!!

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    Aug 22nd 2013, 4:30 AM

    Such a silly comment Nicola. Because of the clothes they wear they have their heads stuck in the clouds and don’t realise the gravity of the situation?? I for one would hazard a guess they have a fair idea of the mess they are in.

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    These girls passed through at least three airports on the way to Peru but said nothing to anyone.

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    There holiday is well over now

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    Aug 21st 2013, 10:28 PM

    Got sick of wearing their own clothes for the past two weeks?

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    Aug 22nd 2013, 2:43 AM

    Keep in mind folk all this bullshite is in the main story in media night, noon and day to keep you distracted from things that affect YOUR life. Water meters, bank charges, data transference act, Serco buying out all traffic lights and wanting to privatize more roads for tolls etc etc.

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    Is there anything to be said for another mass?

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