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Women and Philanthropy
June 30, 2014
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Women in the United States
• Control more than half of the private wealth in the
U.S.
• Will inherit 70% of the $41 trillion in inter-generational
wealth transfer expected over the next 40 years
• The top women wealth holders have combined
assets of over $4.6 trillion
• Represent 51% of the nation's Ph.Ds, 67% of college
graduates and more than 70% of 2012's
valedictorians
Women in the United States
• More than 165 women’s funds worldwide
• Women in the U.S. give an average of 3.5% of their
wealth to charity, while men give an average of 1.8%
• Women donate almost twice as much to charity as
men at nearly every income level
• 87% of wealthy women surveyed, but 78% of the
men, said they volunteered regularly
Women in Developing
Countries
•
Approximately 510 million illiterate
women worldwide: two-thirds of the
total number of illiterate people
•
Approximately 16.5 million women
living with HIV/AIDS worldwide:
50% of the total number.
•
About 140 million girls and women
worldwide currently living with the
consequences of FGM/C
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Every minute, at least one woman
dies from complications related to
pregnancy or childbirth – that
means 287,000 women a year
In Rwanda
• Only 12% of youth 15-24
have comprehensive
knowledge about HIV/AIDS
• An estimated one-third of all
HIV infections in Rwanda
occur among pregnant
women
• 41.2% of women aged 15-49
have experienced violence
since the age of 15; and
22% of these were classified
as sexual violence
Zonta International’s support has saved
and protected the lives of Rwandan girls,
women, and babies since 2008
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