又是一年三月八，全球女性地位到底提升了嗎？
1. Women perform 66% of the world’s work and produce 50% of the food. They earn just 10% of incomes and own 1% of the property globally.
1.女性完成世上66%的活兒，產出55%的食物；其收入只佔全球10%，資產只佔1%。
2. And out of 197 countries, only 22 of them have women currently serving as heads of state — just 11.2%.
2.197個國家裏，僅22個國家目前是女性當國家元首，佔比僅11.2%。
3. Women outpace men in educational achievement, with 58% of college graduates. While two-thirds of women graduate in the humanities and the arts, men continue to dominate in science with 60% of graduates.
3.女性學業成就比男性高，佔大學畢業生的58%的比例。而三分之二的女性畢業於人文與藝術學科，多數男性繼續主導科學領域，佔畢業生60%的比例。
4. More girls than boys now complete their secondary education in 32 out of 34 OECD countries, accounting for around 60% of the total.
4.34個經合組織國家中，有32個國家完成中學教育的女生比男生要多，比例約莫佔全體國家的六成。
5. In business, the gender gap remains wide. In the United States, for example, only 21 of the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies are women.
5.商界性別鴻溝依舊很大。以美國爲例，世界五百強公司裏僅有21名女性首席執行官。
6. Men are promoted based on their potential, while women are promoted based on past accomplishments.
6.男性因潛力而晉升，而女性因過往成就而晉升。
7. Research studies confirm a direct correlation between the gender gap in economic opportunities and economic growth.
7. 經研究確認，經濟機遇的性別差異與經濟增長有直接聯繫。
8. By contrast, the smaller the nation’s gender gap, the higher its economic productivity.
8.對比之下，一個國家性別差異越小，經濟生產率越高。
9. In nearly every country, women work longer hours than men and are paid less.
9.幾乎每個國家，女性較之男性工作時間更長、報酬更少。
10. Women in poor countries do more unpaid work, work longer hours in the informal economy and face degrading working conditions.
10.貧窮國家非正式經濟體中，有更多女性工作而無報酬、面對每況愈下的工作環境。
