1 On Women's Health and Rights Lectures, Speeches and Statements Mahmoud F. Fathalla The missing millions Hasselt University 20 March 2012 The missing millions has been a frequent headline in the Egyptian press in the last few months. It is about millions of dollars missing in the country because of corruption of the previous political regime, and with hope that they may be recovered back. But the millions we talk about in this presentation are more precious than dollars and euros, and there is no hope that they will be recovered. The one hundred million The one hundred million missing missing females females are are dead dead Let it happen never again Let it happen never again Fathalla Fathalla MF. 1994. Editorial. Int. J. MF. 1994. Editorial. Int. J. Gynecol Gynecol. Obstet Obstet. 46:101 46:101- 104 104 As I put it in 1994, in an editorial to FIGO’s First World Report on Women’s Health, “One Hundred Million Females are Missing”, and they are dead. I based the number on an earlier report in 1990 by the Nobel Laureate, economist Amartya Sen, tht more than one hundred million women are missing.