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International Women’s Day is observed on March 8th every year, commemorating the struggle for women’s rights across the globe. To mark the occasion this year, Ipsos Mori released a new report on the state of gender equality in different countries.

Violence is by far the biggest problem people think women face in Turkish society, although this number has fallen compared to the previous two years, according to a new poll.

The number of illiterate women in Turkey is five times higher than the number of illiterate men, according to statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK). 

While 5.4 percent of the overall population aged 25 and over is illiterate, this rate was 1.8 percent for men and 9 percent for women in 2015.

The report "Human Rights Record of the AKP [Justice and Development Party]" prepared by Zeynep Altıok, the deputy chair of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), and her team, once again displays the state of women in Turkey. 

To understand better what kind of a hell this country is for women, here are some data: 

Turkey has ranked 55th out of 144 countries in a new study on the well-being of girls in 144 countries around the world, with lack of women's public representation being the most pressing issue the country faces, followed by child marriage. 

Almost half of single young men and women in Japan are virgins, according to a study that was conducted by the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research.
The survey of Japanese people aged 18 to 34 found that almost 70% of unmarried men and 60% of unmarried women are not in a relationship.

New report from the International Labor Organization has highlighted the enormous challenges women continue to face in finding and keeping decent jobs around the world, noting that the difference in the employment rate between men and women had decreased only by 0.6 percent since 1995.

Perhaps, it will be best not to go to the Turkish movie theater to celebrate March 8, International Women's Day.

Turkish Family Minister Sema Ramazano?lu has blamed early marriage, underemployment and a lack of access to education for female poverty.     

After ice bockets and the condom challenge, there’s a new craze taking Chinese social media by storm. It’s the challenge of true womanhood based on the premise that only a “real woman” can hold up a pen using her breasts.