Top Ten Women Facts

1. Every 90 seconds, one woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth. Most of these deaths are preventable, but due to gender-based discrimination many women are not given the proper education or care they need.

2. Reports show that violence against women increases during pregnancy.

3. Women make up 80 percent of all refugees and displaced people. Instruments of genocide such as sexual violence and rape are often directed at women and girls.

4. Women are largely excluded from formal peace processes. Only 1 in 13 participants of peace negotiations since 1992 were women.

5. Women gained the right to vote in America less than 100 years ago in 1920..

6. Women make up more than 50 percent of the global population, but fill less than 20 percent of all parliamentary seats.

7. More than 16.4 million women in the world have HIV/AIDS. In some regions, girls are HIV-positive at a rate 5 times that of boys.

8. The majority of persons smuggled illegally across country borders are women. Many of them are kidnapped or sold by their own families into the sex industry.

9. Women account for 70 percent of the population living in absolute poverty (on less than $1.00 a day).

10. 80 percent of victims of hand-held weapons in war are women.

Top Ten Psychology Facts

1. Psychological Fact - We seem to ignore the ones who adore us & pay more attention to those who ignore us.

2. Psychology claims: Forcing yourself to forget about something or someone only causes you to think about it even more.

3. Psychology fact: People who are really in love tend to get jealous over stupid things.

4. Psychology fact: Most of the problems in your life are due to two reasons: you act without thinking, or think without acting.

5. Psychology fact: Don't trust people who change their feelings with time. Trust those who's feelings remain the same when time changes.

6. Psychology says, the lyrics in your favorite song express everything that you struggle to say or express to others.

7. Psychology fact: Don’t believe everything you hear. There are always three sides to a story. yours, theirs and the truth.

8. Psychology fact: A good relationship is with someone who knows all your insecurities and imperfections but still loves you for who you are.

9. Psychology says, pretending to be happy when you are in pain, is just an example of how strong you are as a person.

10. Psychology says, sometimes you just need to distance yourself from people. If they care, they'll notice. If they don't, you know where you stand with them.