The Status of Women:

Statistics About Women on the Web

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Currency or timeliness Relevance Authority or source or author credentials Accuracy, reliability, verifiability Purpose, objectivity versus bias

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Businesses Care Giving Earnings Education Employment and

Unemployment Families Female Genital Mutilation Health

HIV/AIDS Mental health

Pregnancy Reproductive health

Abortion Contraception

Smoking Human Trafficking Marriage and Motherhood

Adoption Fertility

Mental Health Depression Eating Disorders

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Military and Veterans Occupations Occupational Distribution Political participation Relationships Retirement Reproductive Rights Sex and sexually-

transmitted diseases

Sports Unions Violence Voting Wage gap

By ethnic group By gender By race

Women’s Studies



Women in the American workplace earn

56 cents on the dollar that men earn

66 cents

77 cents

92 cents

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All of the above


Care Giving Education Families Occupational Distribution Unions Wage Gap


Fact Sheet 2010Professional Women: Vital Statisticswww.dpeaflcio.org/programs/factsheets/fs_2010_Professional_Women.htm


Earnings Education Employment and Unemployment Occupations Wage gap

By ethnic group By gender By race


American Time Use Surveywww.bls.gov/tus/

BLS Data on Women Workerswww.bls.gov/bls/cpswomendata.htm

Highlights of Women’s Earnings in 2008www.bls.gov/cps/cpswom2008.pdf

Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2009)www.bls.gov/cps/wlf-databook2009.htm


Businesses Earnings and Employment Education Marriage and Motherhood Military Motherhood

Adoption Fertility

Sports Voting


Adopted Children and Stepchildrenwww.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/censr-6.pdf

Fertility of American Womenwww.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/fertility.html

Women-Owned Businesses Mapwww2.census.gov/econ/sbo/02/women_sbov2.pdf

Women’s History Month (Facts for Features)www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/014522.html


Fact Sheets on Women and Politics

Women in Elective Office and

Women of Color in Elective Office

Firsts for Women in U.S. Politics • State-by-State Fact Sheets • Women’s Vote Watch • Voting Gender Gap • Election Watch • Presidential Election Watch • Executive Branch • Congress • Statewide Elected Executive Office (chart) • State Legislatures (chart) • Women in Local Office


Abortion World Abortion Laws Fact Sheet and Map

reproductiverights.org/en/document/world-abortion-laws-2009-fact-sheet

Female Genital Mutilation Female Genital Mutilation (FMG): Legal

Prohibitions Worldwidereproductiverights.org/en/document/female-genital-mutilation-fgm-legal-prohibitions-worldwide


CDC www.cdc.gov

Violence and Reproductive Healthwww.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/violence/index.htm

CDC National Center for Health Statistics

FastStats: Women’s Healthwww.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/womens_health.htm

Pregnancy Related Mortality Surveillancewww.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5202a1.htm


Employment Issues Discrimination

Gender discrimination Pregnancy discrimination Racial discrimination Sexual Harassment

Job Patterns Women as managers


Job Patterns for Minorities and Women in Private Industry

www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/statistics/employment/jobpat-eeo1/index.cfm

Job Patterns for Minorities and Women in State and Local Government

www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/statistics/employment/jobpat-eeo4/index.cfm


Glass Ceilings: The Status of Women as Officials and Managers in the Private Sector

www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/statistics/reports/glassceiling/index.pdf

Women of Color: Their Employment in the Private Sector

www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/statistics/reports/womenofcolor/womenofcolor.pdf


Sexual Health and Reproductive Health Abortion Contraception HIV/AIDS Pregnancy Relationships Sex and sexually-transmitted diseases


Fact Sheets www.guttmacher.org/sections/index.php?page=sheets

“In Brief” www.guttmacher.org/sections/index.php?page=inbrief

State Centerwww.guttmacher.org/statecenter/index.html

“State Policies in Brief”www.guttmacher.org/sections/index.php?page=spib


Journal: Guttmacher Policy Review

Journal: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Journal: International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health


Adoption

Human Trafficking

Women’s Health HIV/AIDS Mental health Reproductive health Smoking


Adoption

Adoption, foster care, child welfare,

child abuse & neglect

www.childwelfare.gov/adoption


Women’s Health

womenshealth.gov/statistics/#a578

Womenshealth.gov Quick Health Data Online

(QHD) Online

www.healthstatus2010.com/owh


Human Trafficking

Sex trafficking and labor trafficking

www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking/about/factsheets.html


The Best and Worst State Economies for Women

www.iwpr.org/pdf/R334_BWStateEconomies2006.pdf

The Status of Women in the States www.iwpr.org/States2004/SWS2004/national.htm

Women’s Economic Status in the Stateswww.iwpr.org/States2004/profiles.htm


Human Trafficking

Intimate Partner Violence


National Criminal Justice Reference Service

Trafficking in Persons: Facts and Figures

Assessment of U.S. Government Activities to Combat Trafficking in Persons 2004 (.pdf, 53 pages)

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Intimate Partner Violence in the United States



MISSING Information About Women’s Lives

www.ncrw.org/reports-publications/missing-information-about-womens-lives

Fact Sheet: Violence Against Women Act

www.ncrw.org/sites/ncrw.org/files/VAWA.pdf



Information for Women’s and Girls

www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/information-resources/women-and-girls.php

Links to other resourceswww.nationaleatingdisorders.org/information-resources/resources-and-links.php



Eating Disorders

mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/ken98-0047/default.asp

Women and Depression

mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/fastfact6/default.asp



Pay Equity

Women Deserve Equal Paywww.now.org/issues/economic/factsheet.html

Reproductive Rights

Abortion Around the World – Overviewwww.nowfoundation.org/issues/reproductive/050808-abortion_worldwide.html

Reproductive Rights Historical Highlights



National Report Card on Women’s Health

Making the Grade on Women’s Health: A National and State-by-State Report Card hrc.nwlc.org



Mapping Women’s and Gender Studies

www.nwsa.org/PAD/database/index.php

National Guide to Women’s Studies

www.nwsa.org/research/theguide/index.php



Social Security is Important to Women

www.socialsecurity.gov/pressoffice/factsheets/women.htm

Don’t Outlive Your Retirement SavingsWomen Live Longer Than Menwww.socialsecurity.gov/retire2/index.htm



Trafficking in Persons Report 2009

www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2009/index.htm

Trafficking in Persons Report Archive

www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/



The American Woman on the Web:A Statistical Portrait

www.wrei.org/AmericanWomanWeb.htm

Women in the Military & Women Veterans

www.wrei.org/WomeninMilitary.htm



Why does Maryland have such a high maternal mortality rate?

What is the leading cause of death among pregnant women in Maryland? Embolism Cardiovascular/heart problems Gestational diabetes Hemorrhage Pregnancy-induced hypertension Ruptured ectopic pregnancy


Homicide tops list of pregnancy risks Md. study shows higher rate for new, expectant mothers;

Jonathan Bor. The Sun. Baltimore, Md.: Mar 21, 2001. pg. 1.A

“Homicide has emerged as the leading cause of death among Maryland women

during pregnancy or in the months that follow - outstripping heart problems,

bleeding and other medical causes, state health officials said yesterday. Drawing

from a wider array of statistical sources than previously used, researchers found

that homicide accounted for 50 of 247 deaths between 1993 and 1998.

Homicides surpassed cardiovascular problems and blood clots, known as

embolisms, traditionally regarded as leading risk factors of pregnancy.

The study, reported in today's Journal of the American Medical Association, raised

concerns that women involved in abusive relationships might be at higher risk for

violence - even death - once they become pregnant or bear a child.”


Enhanced Surveillance for Pregnancy-Associated Mortality--Maryland, 1993-1998.(Statistical Data Included).

JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association 285.11 (March 21, 2001): p1455. (3785 words)

Author(s): Isabelle L. Horon and Diana Cheng.Abstract: Homicide is the leading cause of death among

pregnant women and new mothers in Maryland, followed closely by cardiovascular diseases. This was the conclusion of researchers who analyzed death certificate data of reproductive-age women, live birth and fetal death records, and medical examiner records in Maryland between 1993 and 1998.


THE INTERAGENCY GENDER WORKING GROUP

THE INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-

OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU UNITED NATIONS THE WORLD BANK WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)


Interagency Gender Working Groupwww.igwg.org/Publications.aspx


Democracy through Partnership Between Men and Women in Politics

www.ipu.org/iss-e/women.htm

Women’s Suffrage: A World Chronology

www.ipu.org/wmn-e/suffrage.htm


StatExtracts: Country Statistical Profilesstats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DatasetCode=CSP2010

OECD StatExtractsstats.oecd.org/index.aspx

OECD Home Page search boxwww.oecd.org


Data Finderwww.prb.org/DataFinder.aspx

Data Sheetswww.prb.org/Publications/Datasheets.aspx


Division for the Advancement of Women, Department of Economic and Social Affairs2009 World Survey on the Role of Women in

Development: Women's control over economic resources and access to financial resources, including microfinance.

Women in World Politics (map) www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/public/publications.htm


Division for the Advancement of Women, Department of Economic and Social AffairsWomen 2000 and Beyond

www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/public/W2000andBeyond.html


Statistics DivisionStatistics and Indicators on Women and Men

unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/indwm/

Development FundProgress of the World’s Women 2008/2009

www.unifem.org/progress/2008/index.html

Resourceswww.unifem.org/progress/2008/resources.html


Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Office of the Special Advisor on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women (OSAGI)

www.un.org/womenwatch/osagi/


Women Watch: Information and Resources on

Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women Directory of UN Resources on Gender and Women's

Issueswww.un.org/womenwatch/directory/

Statistics and Indicatorswww.un.org/womenwatch/directory/statistics_and_indicators_60.htm

Women of the World: Regions and Countrieswww.un.org/womenwatch/directory/regions_and_countries_20.htm


UNICEF, the United Nation's Children's FundChildInfo: Monitoring the situation of children and women

www.childinfo.org/focus.html. Education www.childinfo.org/education.htmlEducation: Gender Equality

www.childinfo.org/education_gender.html Statistics by Area: Female Genital Mutilation

www.childinfo.org/fgmc.html

Statistics by Area: Child Marriagewww.childinfo.org/marriage.html


Data and Researchgo.worldbank.org/45B5H20NV0

Global Monitoring Report 2010go.worldbank.org/8NMBGII280

Gender and Developmenthttp://go.worldbank.org/A74GIZVFW0

GenderStatshttp://go.worldbank.org/8QTPOHBME0


The Global Gender Gap 2009 Communities

Women Leaders and Gender Parity Gender Gap Report

Corporate Gender Gap Reportwww.weforum.org/en/Communities/Women%20Leaders%20and%20Gender%20Parity/GenderGapNetwork/CorporateGenderGap/index.htm


Fact Sheets: Women’s Healthwww.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs334/en/index.html

Preventing Unsafe Abortionwww.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/unsafe_abortion/en/index.html

Sexual and Reproductive Health Indicatorswww.who.int/reproductivehealth/en/


The Guttmacher Institute:

International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Perspectives Internationales sur le Planning Familial

www.guttmacher.org/journals/ifpp/fr/index.php


Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development

www.oecd.org/home/0,3305,fr_2649_201185_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

Population Reference Bureauwww.prb.org/FrenchContent.aspx

United Nations (multiple)World Health Organization

www.who.int/fr/index.html


Guttmacher Institute

Perspectivas Internacionales en Salud Sexual y Reproductiva

Health and Human Services

Human trafficking, sex and labor trafficking

Population Reference Bureau

www.prb.org/SpanishContent.aspx


United Nations

World Health Organization

www.prb.org/SpanishContent.aspx


Arabic United Nations World Health Organization

Chinese Health and Human Services United Nations World Health Organization

Polish Health and Human Services

Russian Health and Human Service United Nations World Health Organization


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