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*What is the world’s population that is living in “developing” countries? <br> 82.20% (2019)<br> https://unctad.org/system/files/official-document/tdstat45_FS11_en.pdf
*What is the world’s population that is living in “developing” countries? <br> 82.20% (2019)<br> https://unctad.org/system/files/official-document/tdstat45_FS11_en.pdf


*What is the poverty line? & What is the world’s population living below the poverty line? <br>  1.90$ per day (2011 price point) as extreme poverty & 8.2% (2019)<br> https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2020/goal-01/
*How is the poverty line defined? | What is the world’s population living below the poverty line? <br>  Globally accepted definition for extreme poverty is a disposable income of <1.90$ per day (2011 price point). | The UN nowcast displays that 8.2% of the world's population live in extreme poverty (2019)<br> https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2020/goal-01/


*What is the % of employed people & employed women living under poverty line? <br>7.1% & 7.5% 2019 <br>https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2020/goal-01/
*What is the % of employed people & employed women living under extreme poverty line? <br>7.1% & 7.5% 2019 <br>https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2020/goal-01/


*What is the global population growth rate? <br>1.10% 2019 <br>https://unctad.org/system/files/official-document/tdstat45_FS11_en.pdf
*What is the global population growth rate? <br>1.10% 2019 <br>https://unctad.org/system/files/official-document/tdstat45_FS11_en.pdf
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*What are indices to measure equality and gender-equality? <br>  Gini coefficient & palma ratio (income inequality) | GII (Gender Inequality Index) <br>https://data.oecd.org/inequality/income-inequality.htm | http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/gender-inequality-index-gii
*What are indices to measure equality and gender-equality? <br>  Gini coefficient & palma ratio (income inequality) | GII (Gender Inequality Index) <br>https://data.oecd.org/inequality/income-inequality.htm | http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/gender-inequality-index-gii


*What is the proportion of world population without access to energy and how will it develop?   <br>759 million -> 660(e) million in 2030 2019 https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2021/06/07/report-universal-access-to-sustainable-energy-will-remain-elusive-without-addressing-inequalities
*What is the proportion of world population without access to energy and how is the access supposed to develop?   <br>759 million -> expected to be still 660 million in 2030 2019 https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2021/06/07/report-universal-access-to-sustainable-energy-will-remain-elusive-without-addressing-inequalities


*What is the proportion of world population with access to decentralised energy (mini-) grids? <br>  11 million 2019 <br> https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2021/06/07/report-universal-access-to-sustainable-energy-will-remain-elusive-without-addressing-inequalities
*What is the proportion of world population with access to decentralised energy (mini-) grids? <br>  11 million 2019 <br> https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2021/06/07/report-universal-access-to-sustainable-energy-will-remain-elusive-without-addressing-inequalities

Revision as of 13:58, 14 December 2021

  • How is the poverty line defined? | What is the world’s population living below the poverty line?
    Globally accepted definition for extreme poverty is a disposable income of <1.90$ per day (2011 price point). | The UN nowcast displays that 8.2% of the world's population live in extreme poverty (2019)
    https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2020/goal-01/
  • What is the proportion of men/women in leadership roles? 
    "29% of all senior management roles worldwide are occupied by women

87% of global businesses have at least one woman in a senior management position" 2020
https://robertsmith.com/increasing-women-in-executive-leadership-positions-in-2021/

  • How is women’s health affected by multiple responsibilities at home and at work?
    "Depressive disorders account for close to 41.9% of the disability from neuropsychiatric disorders among women compared to 29.3% among men.Leading mental health problems of the older adults are depression, organic brain syndromes and dementias. A majority are women. An estimated 80% of 50 million people affected by violent conflicts, civil wars, disasters, and displacement are women and children.

Lifetime prevalence rate of violence against women ranges from 16% to 50%. At least one in five women suffer rape or attempted rape in their lifetime. Depression, anxiety, psychological distress, sexual violence, domestic violence and escalating rates of substance use affect women to a greater extent than men across different countries and different settings. Pressures created by their multiple roles, gender discrimination and associated factors of poverty, hunger, malnutrition, overwork, domestic violence and sexual abuse, combine Up to 20% of those attending primary health care in developing countries suffer from anxiety and/or depressive disorders. "

  • How does access to health affect life expectancy of women and indigenous people?
      The gap between men’s and women’s life expectancy is narrowest where women lack access to health services. In low-income countries, where services are scarcer, 1 in 41 women dies from a maternal cause, compared with 1 in 3300 in high-income countries. In more than 90 per cent of low-income countries, there are fewer than 4 nursing and midwifery personnel per 1000 people. 2019
    https://www.who.int/news/item/04-04-2019-uneven-access-to-health-services-drives-life-expectancy-gaps-who
  • Are women and indigneous people represented appropriately in healthcare decision making?
    Just 22 countries have a woman as Head of State, only 21 per cent of Ministers are women, and women parliamentarians make up less than 25 per cent of national legislators.    2021
    https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/03/1086702
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