More reflections on the global status of women

In May 2009, World Savvy published an edition of the World Savvy Monitor on the Global Status of Women. Shortly after publication, we co-hosted an event in San Francisco in partnership with the Global Fund for Women. Recently, the President and CEO of the Global Fund for Women, Kavita Nandini Ramdas, published an interesting review [...]

The Global Status of Women

Women and girls make up 70% of the world’s poor and two-thirds of the world’s illiterate population. Globally, 1 in 3 women will experience some type of domestic violence. There is little difference between poor and rich countries on this measure. The statistics are daunting, yet little attention is paid to the global status of [...]