910 million of the one billion, three hundred million people who live in extreme poverty throughout the world are women (7 out of 10). Furthermore, in no country of the world do women enjoy the same rights and opportunities as men.
This data is furnished by Ayuda en Acción, a Spanish non-profit organization, which goes on to report that in spite of the fact that women who live in the world’s poorest countries produce 70% of their nations’ agricultural products, they own less than 2% of the cultivable land. And because they are poor, are minors or live in war zones, there is a higher chance that they will not receive an education.
To these disadvantages can be added early marriages and childbearing, which prevent many females from pursuing an education or finding employment.