There has been no dearth of movements and organisations working for the rights, upliftment, liberation and emancipation of women. There is a lot of hue and cry about their status, role and rights. Inspite of all this the women related statistics make a dismal reading.
 

• 5,000 brides are murdered or commit suicide in relation to dowry every year in India.
• Female foeticide is rampant in India and China. Of 8,000 abortions conducted at a clinic in Mumbai, 7,999 were female fetuses.
• Some 600,000 women - die each year from pregnancy related causes, most of which are preventable.
• 70% of world illiterates are women.
• 70% of people in abject poverty are women.
• Only 1% of world assets are held by women.
• In Africa for every HIV infected male there are six HIV infected females.
• 50% to 75% women experience domestic voilence.
• Nearly 30% marriages end in divorce in the west.
• Half the population on globe lacks basic sanitation and 1/3 of the world population is without safe drinking water.
• Basic education for all would cost $6 billion and water and sanitation for all would cost $9 billion.
• Reproductive health service for all women would cost $12 million annually.

• $700 billion spent on world’s militaries
• $400 billion spent on narcotic drugs.
• $50 billion spent on cigarettes.
• $33 billion spent on cosmetics and weight loss programs
• $17 billion spent on pet food.
• $12 billion is spent on perfume in Europe and USA.
• $11 billion is spent on ice cream in Europe.