Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the UN releases a report on 20th October 2015 entitled "The World’s Women 2015: Trends and Statistics."
Q. Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the UN released a report entitled ______________________ on October 20, 2015.- Published on 23 Oct 15a. The Women of the World 2015:Trends and Statistics
b. The World’s Women 2015: Trends
c. The Women of the World 2015:Statistics
d. The World’s Women 2015:Trends and Statistics
ANSWER: The World’s Women 2015:Trends and Statistics
Report indicates there are around 62 million more men than women worldwide. In younger age groups, men outnumber women while the reverse is true for older age groups. Life expectancy over the past 20 years has increased for both genders- 72 for women and 68 for men. Men are at higher risk than women of dying of cardiovascular disease. An estimated 58 million children of primary school age- 31 million being girls- are not in school. Two thirds of the 781 million illiterate adults in the world constitute women. As against three quarters of men, half of the women participate in the labour force. Number of female Heads of State was 19 in 2015, as against 12 in 1995. Women across the globe, irrespective of age, income or education are subject to different types of violence. Research also found that majority of deaths due to inadequate water, hygiene and sanitation was among women and girls in some parts of Asia. On an average, 1 in 3 married women in developing nations have no involvement in major household purchases.
