India’s inequality crisis hurts girls and women the most
The burden of poverty weighs down heavier on girls and women in India than it does on the opposite sex. An Oxfam report on inequality published in January revealed that in the workplace, women still receive 34% fewer wages than their male counterparts for the same work. Girl children from the lower strata of society are lucky to see a classroom at all. In India, girls belonging to families in the top 20% get nine years of education on average, while girls from families in the bottom 20% get none at all. Even those who make it to school are often pulled out when money is tight, the report said. In addition, more than 23 million girls drop out of school annually because of a lack of toilets in school and proper menstrual hygiene management facilities.
Source: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/02/india-s-inequality-crisis-hurts-girls-and-women-the-most/
