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- Not a single country in the world has achieved gender equality. On a global level, there’s been little progress on gender equality since the Global Goals were signed in 2015.
- Over 380 million women and girls are living in extreme poverty. That’s more than the entire population of the United States living on less than $1.90 a day.
- Over 1.2 billion women and girls live in places where safe access to abortion is restricted. Access to abortion is a central part of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) — essential in the mission to achieve gender equality and end extreme poverty.
- 12 million girls under 18 are married each year. Child marriage is the formal (or informal) marriage of a child under the age of 18. Most often this is the marriage of a young girl to an older boy or man.
Jul 5, 2022 · People who lied prolifically were nearly 12 times more likely to be high on psychopathy, four times more likely to be high on Machiavellianism, and 4.5 times more likely to be high on narcissism...
- "Refrigerators are magnetic because kids used to die inside them. Before 1956, refrigerators could only be opened from the outside."
- People who are slowly going blind might suffer from Charles Bonnet syndrome, where they hallucinate patterns or, in some cases, people. It can last for years, and there is no cure — nor is there a medication that specifically gets rid of the visions.
- Studies suggest your brain doesn't necessarily stop its activity the moment you are clinically dead. You might literally hear yourself declared dead.
- In fact, it's been hypothesized that there may be a few seconds of awareness after someone is decapitated, as studied in rats.
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- Scorpio. Is it any surprise that hotheaded Scorpio tops the list? "They are mysterious and can lie about everything, everywhere, anytime," says Newman.
- Gemini. Geminis can deceive people so easily because they're outwardly the fun-loving, social butterflies of the zodiac. But they're also the biggest gossipers and "have no problem repeating what you told them in confidence," notes Barretta.
- Libra. The sign of the scales wants to keep the peace. "They will lie to you and tell you what you want to hear just so things calm down," says Barretta.
- Aquarius. Aquarians march to the beat of their own drum. The eccentric, oddballs of the zodiac, they don't care at all about societal norms and get a kick out of shocking people with their opinions and antics.
Sep 9, 2016 · Betrayals are founded on two building blocks: deception (not revealing your true needs to avoid conflict) and a yearning for emotional connection from outside the relationship. Below are three betrayals that ruin relationships.
Jan 26, 2024 · Most people correctly identified: It can still be rape if a victim doesn’t resist or fight back (74% got this right) Victims may not immediately report to the police (67% got this right) Being in...
Mar 9, 2018 · Experiment 20, a new short film featured this week by The Guardian, dramatizes the accounts of three women who participated in psychologist Stanley Milgram's (in)famous ‘Obedience to Authority’ experiments and insisted on being heard.
