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This page intends to illustrate the differences between regions around the world using several "stories" in the form of economics and politics statistics. An example statistic is the percent of women who make up national parliaments aka the percent of people in government who are women.

Using the drop-down menu below, you can select from several different data sets to display. Hover over a point to see more information.

nyt women underrepresented in politics

This visualization above shows that many parts of the world are still facing hardships in many ways. For us, our goal is to bring awareness and help people see that there is still a lot of work to be done. We are all used to living in one of the most advanced countries in the world and oftentimes, we tend to forget where we came from and how for many, many people in the world, their realities of life are drastically different than the lives we have grown used to.

"In a gentle way, you can shake the world." - Gandhi