if you are tweeting use the # #gwha. it's pound gwha, people in my generation. they celebrate international women's women day. it began in the 1900s. we made tremendous progress when it comes to womens rights. but at the same time women disparity don't effect the lives of millions. poverty, poor access to health care, inadequate nutrition and water afflict women and girls across the globe. it's a paradox we cannot and should not tolerate. now more than ever we must focus on conducting research and conducting promises, policy, and interventions to provide solutions. particularly proud of the work of the global women's substitute at george washington university, university wide initiative promotes and supports the rights of women and conducts research education initiative an advocacy campaign. in particular the institute is identified violence against women. according to the u.s. government in the u.s. 1% of women or 1.3 million women every year experience rape or attempted rape. almost half are raped before the turn of the age of 18. over a lifetime, one in four