Between 25 and 50% of girls in developing countries become mothers before 18.
In South Africa, more than 60% of women rely directly on natural resources for their survival needs for themselves and their families; in Mozambique this number climbs to 70%
Inhalation of smoke from indoor fires is estimated to result in 1.6 million deaths each year, mostly women and children.
In Nepal and Gujarat, forest cover is increased by 75% when women are included in the process of protecting forests.
60% of the world’s poorest people, most of whom are women, live in ecologically vulnerable areas.
In 2009, more than 8,000 women were raped while obtaining water and other resources in the Kivu provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo