The silver lining
The widely accepted (grim) reality according to Un.org and refugeesinternational.org is:
- women have not reached equality with men in any country, developed or developing.
- 80% of the worlds refugees are women and children.
- 70% of impoverished people are women.
The exciting truth is this – we have the power, resources and (I hope) the will to change it.
- Women control around 20 trillion dollars in spending globally.
- As a market, women have more clout than India and China combined
What this means to me is that if we collectively donate 0.1% of the money we wield we have a staggering 20 Billion dollars to help our struggling sisters.
That is an awful lot of zeros $20 000 000 000!
The remaining 99.9% of our money can have a positive impact too, if start to vote with our feet and demand more of the companies vying for a piece of our 20 trillion dollar pie. I’m thinking loans to female agricultural communities, scholarship funds & assurances of fair dealings with disadvantaged peoples. For a start.
Sources un.org, womensenterprise.ca, refugeesinternational.org, suitcaseentrepeneur.com
