Some good news: According to the 2015 UN Millennium Development Goals report, women and girls have access to more education, economic opportunities, and political power than ever before in human history [1]. But they still bear the impact of extreme poverty.
回想一下你十几岁的时候。很可能你在学校。很可能您没有怀孕——如果您怀孕了，您可能从未想过死于分娩的想法。
Nearly 99% of maternal deaths occur in developing countries. [2]
Supporting effective women’s charities like Living Goods and Population Services International mean women have broader access to both prenatal care and contraception and family planning resources. This is a boon for both mother and child: every additional year of education for women of reproductive age decreases child mortality by 9.5%. [3]
现在想象一下，你生了一个健康的宝宝，但是因为你年纪小，没有像剖腹产这样的必要医疗，所以在分娩时患上了产科瘘管病。现在你漏了粪便和尿液。
大多数患有瘘管病的妇女因为有臭味而被丈夫抛弃，并被社区排斥。
Obstetric fistulas are easy to repair and relatively cheap: about $450. Donations to effective organizations like Fistula Foundation help women gain access to the surgeries they need.
如果我们立即向全球经济注入 17 万亿美元，您认为可能发生什么？
That’s the estimated cost of excluding women from the workforce [4] and one of the reasons organizations like Village Enterprise fight for more women entrepreneurs.
[1] 2015年联合国千年发展目标报告
[2] World Bank Blog, 99%以上的孕产妇死亡发生在发展中国家
[3] The Lancet, 1970年至2009年期间175个国家受教育程度的提高及其对儿童死亡率的影响: 系统分析
[4] 联合国新闻文章
