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Being poor, female or living in a conflict zone increases the probability that a child will be out of school.

Wide gaps remain in women’s access to paid work in at least half of all regions.

Despite proven interventions that could prevent disability or death during pregnancy and childbirth, maternal mortality remains a major burden in many developing countries.