In Sierra Leone, it is estimated that more than 72 percent of women and girls were victims of wartime violence, 50 percent of that sexual in nature
SSA women face a crisis of land ownership as well. For example, in Uganda women comprise 70 to 80 percent of the agricultural work force, and contribute 80 percent of food production, yet own only 7 percent of the land
A woman in South Africa has a greater chance of being raped than she does of learning how to read
Seventy percent of women in Niger report being beaten or raped by their husband, father or brother
Maternal mortality rates in SSA are the highest in the world. SSA is home to 20 percent of the world’s births but contributes 40 percent of the world’s maternal deaths
In SSA, about half of the population lives below the poverty line; over 80 percent of the poor are women
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