Aid programs that provide women opportunities to better their health, education, and well-being have effects far beyond a single individual. A woman multiplies the impact of an investment made in her future by extending benefits to the world around her, creating a better life for her family and building a strong community.

• 99% of maternal deaths occur in the developing world.
• Adequate health care, a skilled birth attendant and emergency care help prevent maternal deaths.
• 1 in 5 girls in developing countries who enroll in primary school never finish.
• When 10% more girls go to school, a country's GDP increases on average by 3%.
• 1 in 7 girls will marry before they are 15 in the developing world.
• Girls who stay in school for seven or more years, marry four years later and have two fewer children.
• Women make up nearly 52% of the global total of people living with HIV.
• Current approaches to preventing mother-to-child HIV reansmissions are 98% effective.
• Women make up 43% of the agriculture labor force. However, women are less likely to own land, and own fewer amounts of land when they do.
• When women have the same amount of land as men, there is over 10% increase in crop yields.
• Women comprise only 18.9% of the world's legislators.
• Countries where women's share of seats in political bodies is greater than 30% are more inclusive, egalitarian, and democratic.