If the entire world was one village of 100 people

The village would have 60 Asians, 14 Africans, 12 Europeans, 8 Latin Americans, 5 from the USA and Canada, and 1 from the South Pacific

51 would be male, 49 would be female

82 would be non-white; 18 white

67 would be non-Christian; 33 would be Christian

80 would live in substandard housing

67 would be unable to read

50 would be malnourished and 1 dying of starvation

33 would be without access to a safe water supply

39 would lack access to improved sanitation

24 would not have any electricity (And of the 76 that do
have electricity, most would only use it for light at night.)

7 people would have access to the Internet

1 would have a college education

1 would have HIV

2 would be near birth; 1 near death

5 would control 32% of the entire world’s wealth; all 5 would be US citizens

33 would be receiving --and attempting to live on-- only 3% of the income



Thought this was really telling of the world we live in. My professor, Valerie Hudson shared it with us today. I think her international relations class has been my favorite thus far at BYU. Oh, and remember that 102 I got on the first exam? We were given back our second exam on Wednesday and guess who just so happened to get the highest grade yet again, clocking in at a 103? Yeah, it was me.

Also, another cool resource is her WomanStats database. Along with a group of student coders, she has compiled the most comprehensive database on the status of women internationally. I hopefully will be working for her project next semester!