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It is hardly surprising news, but new report shows that girls and women are those hit hardest by global recession. study is from organizations Plan International, which is working to reduce child poverty, and Overseas Development Institute - UK's leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. They state that: " world is failing girls and women." report’s author Nigel Chapman said: "Girls are largest marginalised group in world." Mr Chapman added: “Much of problem lies with ‘entrenched gender inequality’.” Chapman found that worsening economy results in females of all ages having to work harder and suffering more domestic abuse.

Mr Chapman’s report highlights tragic increase in mortality rates for female infants. He told BBC: “ proportion of baby girls who died when economy shrank rose five times faster than proportion of baby boys who died….Hence, 1% fall in economic output increases infant mortality by 7.4 deaths per 1,000 girls against 1.5 for boys.” He paints equally bleak picture for girls not being able to complete their education. He reports that global recession saw fall in primary school completion for girls of 29% compared to 22% for boys. "Girls get sucked into domestic chores," he said. "Once they stop going to school it's very hard to get back into rhythm of things."