WUNRN
Reaching Critical Will - WILPF - http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org
"The
global arms trade is now valued at over 50 billion USD per year and global
military spending as a whole reached 1.6 trillion USD in 2010."
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Women's International League for
Peace & Freedom - WILPF
MILITARY SPENDING VS. GENDER
EQUALITY - YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!
"In 2008 the world’s military
expenditure was estimated to be US$ 1,464 billion USD or 217 USD per capita.
Funding gender equality, as set out in the Millennium Development Goals, costs
less than 20 percent of military spending."