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Stats:
Mike: Found this at: [] "According to the Chinese government’s 2000 census, people with university educations rose from 1.42 percent in 1990 to 3.61 percent. But there is no official figure on how many of these are females and what subjects they are studying. By contrast, in Hong Kong, more than __70 percent of college students are women.__ China also has another problem a shortage of women. The “one-child” policy that came into force in 1975 and China’s traditional preference for male children over females means men between the ages of 21 and 36 are finding it difficult to get married. The government census of 2000 showed that the country has __20 percent more boys than girls, aged 0 to 4 years.__ That is, four boys will be competing for the hand of one girl in the future. Some men might not be able to find a bride at all."

Pictures:
Bonnie: I liked this picture from the National Geographic blog, the Intelligent Traveler. It's a girl from Mali:



**Stats:**
"Pregnancy and unsafe abortion are the leading causes of death among women of reproductive age in most African countries. A maternal death may result from direct pregnancy complications, from problems arising at delivery, from abortion or its consequences, from post-delivery complications, or indirectly from pre-existing conditions aggravated by pregnancy. The maternal mortality rate, which measures the death rate of women due to pregnancy and childbirth, is higher in Africa than on any other continent: 830 deaths per 100,000 live births for the continent as a whole in 2000, and an average of 920 for sub-Saharan Africa. This amounts to almost 700 deaths every day in Sub-Saharan Africa. The high mortality rate masks an even higher morbidity rate: the same afflictions that kill hundreds of thousands of women maim and render sterile many millions more of their sisters. For every woman who dies, 50 to 100 others suffer short-, medium-, or long-term debilities from their pregnancies and deliveries." I know we can't use all of it, but the information is useful. Kate
 * I found this and more at http://www.worldwatch.org/node/557**

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Here is a link to a page about the culture of Venezuela. It goes over many different aspects of the culture, but also has a section on women and their roles. There is not too many differences between the US women roles and theirs, except women are expected to be more domestic. It can give students a way to relate to a culture, but yet still see the differences, which could then expand to other cultures, and how women can be/are viewed as being beneath men.

Spencer