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

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