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► Women

Why do we need a Women's campaign?

1. It will take women significantly longer to pay back their student debts than men (because of the pay gap, maternity leave, etc).
2. On average, women are paid 17% less than men in full time work and 38% less in part time work.
3. 1 in 4 women experience domestic violence.
4. Women make up under 20% of British MP’s in Parliament today.
5. 70% of the world’s poor are women.
6. Only 11.1% of University Vice Chancellors are women.
7. Less than 30% of college principals are women.
8. 2 women are murdered every week in Britain by their current or former partner.
9. Women own less than 1% of the world’s property.
10. Only 49% of disabled women are in work.
11. Two-thirds of the world’s illiterate people are women.
12. A plane load of women die each week as a result of unsafe abortions in the world.
13. More than 90% of hairdressing apprentices are women, whereas over 90% of construction, motor and plumbing apprentices are men.
14. 16% of women experience stalking in their lives.
15. 1 in 10 senior police officers are women.
16. On average, a woman victim of domestic violence has 11 contacts with support agencies before she gets the helps she needs – this rises to 17 if she is Black.
17. At the current rate it will take 200 years before there is gender equality in Parliament.
18. Women’s Officers run awesome events like the Vagina Monologues, International Women’s Week and campaigns against rape and violence on campus.
19. Women are far less likely to be Students’ Union Presidents than men.
20. Women’s bodies are used to sell everything from soap bars to cars.
21. Today, women are still being excluded from schools, colleges and Universities for getting pregnant.
22. 42% of women homicide victims (compared to 4% of men) were killed by a current or former male partner in 2001.
23. There are only 2 Black women MPs in Parliament and 13 men.

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