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Violence against women and girls is the most pervasive violation of human rights in the world today.
SOURCE: The Progress of Nations 1997, UNICEF 
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Discrimination against women and girls is an important basic cause of malnutrition. The very high rates of child malnutrition and low birthweight throughout much of South Asia are linked to such factors as women's poor access to education and their low levels of participation in paid employment, compared with other regions.
SOURCE: The State of the World's Children 1998, UNICEF
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More than 1 million children, mostly girls, are forced into prostitution every year.
SOURCE: The Progress of Nations 1997, UNICEF
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Disabled persons constitute ten per cent of the world’s population.
SOURCE:
World Programme of Action Concerning Disabled Persons
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79 per cent of the indigenous people in Peru are poor, and more than half live in extreme poverty.
SOURCE: Indigenous people: Challenges facing the international community
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Some 250 million children between the ages of 5 and 14 are currently working, according to the International Labour Office (ILO). Of this total, some 120 million children are working full-time. Some 61% of child workers (153 million) are found in Asia; 32% in Africa and 7% in Latin America.
SOURCE: Dossier on Child Labour, UNESCO Education International quarterly magazine, September 1997
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2 million girls each year are at risk of genital mutilation - approximately 6,000 per day.
SOURCE: The Progress of Nations 1997, UNICEF
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Some 160 million children are moderately or severely malnourished. Some 110 million are out of school.
SOURCE: UNDP Human Development Report, 1997
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At least 500,000 children a year are left motherless by death in childbirth.
SOURCE: UNDP Human Development Report, 1997
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Over 1.3 billion people in developing countries make ends meet with less than 1 dollar per day.
SOURCE: UNDP Human Development Report, 1997
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Women comprise 70% of the world's poor.
SOURCE: Information Kit, Decade for the Eradication of Poverty 1997-2006, UNDP
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