* You can read this as half-full or half-empty. The number of women parliamentarians has risen in the past year, and is up 60% since 1995. But that number is now just 18.3% of the total. In only 39 legislatures (not, of course, including Westminster) have women reach 30% of the total.
* The global gender pay gap has been recalculated, and is worse than previously thought – latest calculation: 22%. (And the gap is actually higher for women with higher levels of education.)
* The global unemployment rate for women is predicted to be 7.4% in 2009, compared to men’s 7%. That means an extra 22 million more women unemployed.
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