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Dear friends, On the show today a Bioneer’s Radio series piece about Women as last Sunday March 8th was International Women’s Day. I had a wonderful time in Adelaide last week with my Mum helping her celebrate her 86th Birthday and then attending the Womadelaide festival where I got to see up close and personal my favourite artist Rokia Traore. She was terrific as was the Seqou Keita SKQ band, and Speed Caravan. On the Sunday it was so crowded with 30,000 people it was difficult to move around the site. Perhaps it is a case of it becoming so successful with punters other than avid world music fans , like Cat Empire fans, the festival is in danger of loosing its world music fans, and ambience. Next year they plan on a 4 day festival. Don’t forget there is a Peace Vigil being held on Sunday Candlelight Vigil
Iraq Palestine Israel Afghanistan Zimbabwe Sudan Pakistan South America The War on Terrorism The War on Drugs.
All who want Peace to replace conflict war and injustice meet at 5pm Sunday March 15th at the Peace Pole in Byron Bay for a Peace Vigil.
By gathering together we declare our hope for a safer more just world and that war is never an answer to solving conflict.
Bring candles and flowers for the sunset circle.
Poetry, peace songs and talks. Ring to let me know if you can offer to perform or help set up.
Info tables for peace-building community groups are welcome.
Inq Margeaux 66858382 People for Peace and Justice. Lots of love ros Gender facts Networking ... - Women use 20,000 words a day while men only use 7,000
Global Issues ... - Females in developing countries on average carry 20 litres of water per day over 6 km
- Globally women account for the majority of people aged over 60 and over 80
- Pregnant women in Africa are 180 times more likely to die than in Western Europe
- 530,000 women die in pregnancy or childbirth each year
- World population hit 6,872,741,131 on 1 January 2009
- Of 1.2 billion people living in poverty worldwide, 70% are women
- 80% of the world's 27 million refugees are women
- Women own around only 1% of the world's land
- AIDS sees women's life expectancy of 43 in Uganda and Zambia
- 5 people are added to the world's population every 2 seconds
- Women are 2/3 of the 1 billion+ illiterate adults who have no access to basic education
Innovation ... - Globally women comprise 42% internet users (Italy 37% ... US & Canada 51%)
- In OECD countries women comrpise only 30 per cent of degrees in science and technology
- Women's representation in computer and information sciences workforce is around 30% globally
- Female inventors still only account for around 10% of the US inventor population
Business / Finance ... - Women control $14 trillion in assets and this should grow to $22 trillion over next 10 years
- Women comprise 21 of the 37 million people living below the poverty line in the US
- Only in Japan and Peru are women more active in starting a business than men
- Women spend more time researching before they invest than men do
Media / Arts ... - Only 21% of all news subjects (people interviewed or whom the news is about) are female
- Women less than 1% department heads, editors, media owners but third of working journalists
- 80% of UK purchasing decisions are made by women but 83% of 'creatives' are men
Work ... - Women do two-thirds of the world's work but receive only 10% of the world's income
- Women's education is the most powerful predictor of lower fertility rates
- One year out of college women earn 20% less than men and 10 years later 31% less
- Women on average are away from workforce for 14.7 years compared to 1.6 years for men
- The biggest EU gender pay gap is in Cyprus and Estonia at 25% then Slovakia at 24%
Government ... - 56% of women who voted supported Obama compared to only 49% of men voted for Obama
- Until 20 years ago there had never been more than 5% women MPs globally
- Benazir Bhutto was the first woman prime minister of a muslim country (assassinated 27/12/07)
- From the 27 EU member states, UK ranks 15 for women's representation in national Parliaments
- From 1945 to 1995 the percentage of women MPs worldwide increased four-fold
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