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10 Facts about Women and Girls (2024)

Of the 160 million children trapped in child labor, 63 million are girls. [source]
29 million women and girls are in modern slavery—71 percent of the overall total of enslaved individuals. [source]
Women represent 99.4 percent of the victims of forced labor in the commercial sex industry. [source]
Women and girls represent 84 percent of the victims of forced marriages, now categorized as a form of modern slavery. There are an estimated 15 million individuals in forced marriages. [source]
Worldwide, there are an estimated 75.6 million domestic workers—76.2 or approximately 3/4 are women. [source]
129 million girls are out of school, including 32 million of primary school age, and 97 million of secondary school age. [source]
89 percent of girls complete their primary education, but only 79 percent complete their lower secondary education and only 61 percent complete their upper secondary education. [source]
In low-income countries, only 63 percent of girls complete their primary education. [source]
At the end of 2023, there were an estimated 117.3 million forcibly displaced people, including 43.4 million refugees—half are women and girls. [source]
More than 230 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) in 30 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where FGM is practiced. [source]

Data updated by Tesa Hargis, June 2024.

Of the 152 million children trapped in child labor, 64 million are girls [source].
73 million children are trapped in hazardous child labor—27.8 million are girls.
29 million women and girls are in modern slavery—71 percent of the overall total of enslaved individuals [source].
Women represent 99.4 percent of the victims of forced labor in the commercial sex industry [source].
Women and girls represent 84 percent of the victims of forced marriages, now categorized as a form of modern slavery [source]. There are an estimated 15 million individuals in forced marriages.
Worldwide, there are an estimated 67 million domestic workers—3/4 are women [source].
132 million girls were out of school in 2016 [source].
9 in 10 girls complete their primary education, but only 3 in 4 complete their lower secondary education [source].
In low-income countries, less than 2/3 of girls complete their primary education [source].
42 million people have fled their homes because of armed conflicts; 50 percent are women; 10 million are estimated to be girls and young women. [source]
In 2017, there were an estimated 68.5 million forcibly displaced people, including 25.4 million refugees—half are women and girls. [source]

Child sugarcane worker. Photo by Noah Friedman-Rudovsky. Courtesy of Green America.