Sitemap and Site Credits
Web Development
- WordPress website designed by GoatCloud Communications LLC using Elegant Themes.
Images
- For the Peace Project Inc. Resource Center, we use images related to the resource itself or of its creator, for the purpose of educating the public and to direct interested individuals to the resource itself.
- Girls’ Empowerment page
- Scott Swigart on Flickr, used with Creative Commons license (image modified).
- Steven Depolo on Flickr, used with Creative Commons license.
- Peace Building page
- Jimmy brown on Flickr, used with Creative Commons license (image modified).
Girls’ Empowerment Page statistics
- 61% of the world’s illiterate population is female: http://www.uis.unesco.org/literacy/Documents/fs26-2013-literacy-en.pdf
- 1/3 of girls in the Global South are married before they reach the age of 18: http://www.girlsnotbrides.org/where-does-it-happen/
- 1 in 10 girls worldwide will be forced to commit a sex act before the age of 20: http://www.unicef.org/publications/files/Hidden_in_plain_sight_statistical_analysis_Summary_EN_2_Sept_2014.pdf
- More than 135 million girls worldwide have been subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM): http://www.unicef.org/media/files/FGM-C_Report_7_15_Final_LR.pdf
- Societies that are more gender equal are more peaceful: http://www.visionofhumanity.org/#page/news/1140
- Each extra year of schooling reduces fertility rates by 10%: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0019/001902/190214e.pdf
Peace Building Page statistics