International Women's Health: How Much Do You Know?Thank you for participating! See how you did below.
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How often does a woman die in pregnancy or childbirth, worldwide? |
| Once a week |
2 % |   |
| Once a day |
9 % |   |
| Once an hour |
44 % |   |
| ANSWER: Once a minute - Unfortunately, 536,000 women died in pregnancy or childbirth
last year, an average of one a minute. |
44 % |   |
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Roughly how many women around the world want to use safe, modern contraception, but don't have access to it? |
| 500 million |
50 % |   |
| ANSWER: 200 million - Thanks to the efforts of groups like UNFPA, 500 million women in low-income countries DO use modern contraception; however, an additional 200 million still lack that access. |
30 % |   |
| 150 million (the number of women and girls
in the United States) |
12 % |   |
| 35 million (the population of the world's largest urban
area) |
4 % |   |
| A million |
1 % |   |
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Which of these global women's health and rights issues are most important to you? (You may select more than one.) |
| Maternal mortality |
50 % |   |
| Early marriage |
32 % |   |
| Obstetric Fistula |
29 % |   |
| Girls' Access to Education |
80 % |   |
| Access to Contraception |
78 % |   |
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How much support does the Bush Administration believe the U.S. should give to the UN's agency for global women's health and rights? |
| $20 Billion (roughly 1% of the Federal Budget) |
7 % |   |
| $5 Billion (the amount needed to end maternal mortality) |
7 % |   |
| $283 Million (current U.S. spending on abstinence-only education programs) |
6 % |   |
| $195 Million (how much Congress has allocated since 2002) |
12 % |   |
ANSWER: None at all -
Although any of the first four answers seem fair to us, unfortunately, the Bush Administration's
answer has been none at all - and $0 of the $195 million allocated since 2002 hasbeen released to UNFPA. |
65 % |   |
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