UN Report: "Progress of the World's Women"

From UN Women (United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women)*, the North American factsheet from the recently released report "Progress of the World's Women":

http://progress.unwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/EN-Factsheet-North-America-Progress-of-the-Worlds-Women.pdf

There are some interesting facts here about the still present wage gap, maternity leave, rape and violence, female incarceration, etc.  Did you know that black women in the U.S. earn an average of 38% less than white males?  And Latina women earn an average of 48% less than white males.  Also, the report finds that U.S. jurors are more likely to question the credibility of black and Latina women in rape cases and the report brings to light the high instances of rape among Native American women.  


*http://www.unwomen.org/

Complete report: http://progress.unwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/EN-Summary-Progress-of-the-Worlds-Women1.pdf