“The latest FAO report quantifies the enormous opportunity right in front of us: if we can close the gender gap in farm productivity, we could achieve a trillion dollar increase in global GDP, and a reduction of food insecurity for 45 million people globally.”

—USAID Deputy Administrator, Isobel Coleman, Speaking at the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate Summit, May 2023

If relations between men and women in a society are rooted in autocracy, exploitation, violence, insecurity + even terror, it primes the society for the same fate…when societies previously broke free from this toxic cycle of female subordination, they achieved a much more stable, prosperous and secure future for their people.
—WomenStats.org

When it comes to long-term investment, women are more likely to see a greater return than their male counterparts…this average over-performance for women investors sits at an average of 0.8% a year.

— UK Yoppie

Patients who were treated by female physicians in hospital settings…were 4% less likely to die, and were 5% less likely to need to return to the hospital within 30 days.

—JAMA Health Forum

When women are seen, and highlighted in a manner that accurately reflects their role in society, it changes public perceptions.

—International Women’s Media Foundation, The Missing Perspectives of Women in News (2019)

“We should not be surprised or opposed when the category of women expands to include trans women”.

—Gender Trouble Author, Judith Butler

The driving force behind Black Twitter is Black women.

— Nielsen

A Study that tracked reproduction rates—following the free distribution of birth control to teens—resulted in ~72% fewer abortions.

— Science News

Womxn now outnumber men in U.S. Medical Schools (as of Jan. 2020.)

— Association of American Medical Colleges

Record-low abortion rates in U.S. highlight impact of access to birth control.

—Planned Parenthood (Meta-analysis)

The U.S. abortion rate dropped 13% between 2008-2011. In addition, given that birthrates also declined substantially during that time, the authors hypothesized that fewer women were experiencing unintended pregnancies, and were using highly effective forms of birth control.

—Guttmacher Institute, New England Journal of Medicine (2016)

After launching the #AerieReal campaign (in 2014( which featured ‘real’ womxn - sales increased 20% (in 2015) and growth increased 32% (in 2016.)

— HuffPost

Teen birth costs $10 Billion annually in public assistance, health care and loss of income.

—Washington School of Medicine, Contraceptive Choice Project

In a 2-year study of 9,256 participants—providing free birth control to women reduces unplanned pregnancies and abortion rates by a range of 62 to 78% compared to the national rate.

—Washington School of Medicine, Contraceptive Choice Project