Women's Rights and Education: Access, Barriers, and Progress

The first girls' school in the United States was established in Boston in 1635.

New Zealand was the first country to grant women the right to vote in 1893.

Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States in 1849.

The Women's Suffrage Movement, National Woman Suffrage Association, and American Woman Suffrage Association all fought for women's suffrage in the United States.

The United States Supreme Court ruled that women have the right to vote in 1920.

Finland has the highest female literacy rate in the world at 99.9%.

As of 2018, 62% of girls worldwide complete primary school.

Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest female literacy rate in the world at 52.7%.

The gender pay gap in the United States is 18%, meaning that women earn 82 cents for every dollar earned by men.

Rwanda has the highest percentage of women in parliament at 61.3%.

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) is the United Nations agency that promotes gender equality and women's empowerment.

SDG 5 is dedicated to achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls.

#NiUnaMenos (Not One Less) is the name of the global movement that calls for an end to violence against women and girls.

El Salvador has the highest rate of femicide in the world at 6.8 per 100,000 women.

As of 2018, 35% of women worldwide have experienced physical or sexual violence.