Facts about Women
- More than half of all North American university students are women.
- Women make up half the work force but take home 20% less pay.
- Women make up 53% of the world’s population but own only 1% of the world’s wealth.
- In Canada, women hold 11% of the seats on corporate boards and 21% of the seats in Parliament.
- If a stay-at-home mom got paid market value wages they would earn $117,867 a year.
- In Canada, men perform an average of 2.5 hours of unpaid work at home while women do an average of 4.3 hours.
- According to the Gender Gap Report, Canada ranks 20th in how well we divide our resources between men and women. That’s behind Sri Lanka, Latvia and the U.S.