- For every extra boy gaining literacy,
- She’s the GDI’s lost equity.
- In the market where wages are unfairly balanced,
- She becomes a problem, left unchallenged.
- For chores that vanish in the dark,
- She’s the unpaid labor, society’s shameful mark.
- In homes that safety is but wishful dreams,
- She becomes the news that the media streams.
- For medical research labs favoring males’ deeds,
- She’s the outlier in the statistics.
- In closed clinics, her choices recede,
- She becomes a doll for politicians to mislead.
- Is it she, or is it “secondary-he”?
- Society assigned roles that shouldn’t be.
- Gender, class, race, a complex weave,
- A trap so tight, she struggles to escape.
What is She
Poem and Interactive Visualization
Welcome!
🤿 Dive into an interactive poetic experience that marries verse with data.
⬅️ On the left, you'll find the poem What is She, focusing on women's rights.
📈 As you proceed, you'll encounter two visualizations that correspond with highlighted lines from the poem, offering a quantitative perspective on the social issue.
⚠️ Be warned: only one visualization presents accurate data.
❓ Can you discern societal reality from misconception? Hover and click the visualization you think to be the right one!
Enjoy the journey! Ready?
Mean School Year by Gender in 2021 with GDI
The Gender Development Index (GDI) is a measure used to gauge gender equality in terms of life expectancy, education, and income within countries. It's Female HDI: Male HDI. Lower means female are having lower HDI than male in that country.
Gender Pay Gap by Industry in 2014
Unpaid Work by Gender in 2021
% Women Suffering Domestic Violence by Country
Top Countries:
- Kiribati: 53.0%
- Fiji: 52.0%
- Papua New Guinea: 51.0%
- Solomon Islands: 50.0%
- Bangladesh: 50.0%
Top Countries:
- Kiribati: 48.0%
- Fiji: 47.0%
- Papua New Guinea: 46.0%
- Solomon Islands: 45.0%
- Bangladesh: 45.0%
Women Abortion and Pregancy Stats by Country Income in 2015-2019
Struggles to Escape:
A Snapshot of Gender Disparities
- 🏫 The greatest percentage-based educational gender gap is in Senegal, where females average 2.6 years of schooling against males' 4.5 years.
- 🏫 Togo exhibits the largest absolute education gap between genders, standing at 3.4 years.
- 📊 The global Gender Development Index (GDI) is 0.947, implying that women, on average, have worse life quality than men worldwide.
- 💰 Wage inequalities exist in every occupational tier, with the largest percentage-based disparity seen in senior management and executive positions (26.76%).
- 🏠 In India, women dedicate an extra 5 hours per day to unpaid labor in comparison to men.
- 🏠 Around the world, women allocate 133.1 more minutes each day to unpaid tasks than men.
- ⚠️ In Kiribati, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Bangladesh, over 50% of women are victims of domestic violence.
- ⚠️ The global average rate of domestic violence against women is 26.28%.
- 🤰 Low-income nations record the smallest rates of abortion and unintended pregnancies terminated through abortion.