By Peggy Johnson

1. WOMEN, CONFLICT, PEACE, AN
D TRANSFORMATION:
Rhetoric & Reality

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQZ
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3. SOME MAKE STEPS FORWARD,
SOME ARE LEFT BEHIND

4. There has been progress in every But despite significant
region, so that in 2011: advances:
 173 countries guarantee  127 countries do not
paid maternity leave explicitly criminalize rape
 139 constitutions within marriage
guarantee gender  61 countries severely restrict
equality women’s rights to abortion
 125 countries outlaw  53 percent of women work in
domestic violence (see vulnerable employment
Figure 1)  50 countries have a lower
 117 countries have equal legal age of marriage for
pay laws women than for men
 115 countries guarantee  10-30 percent is the average
women’s equal property pay gap between women
rights and men
2011-2012 Progress of the World’s Women: In Pursuit of Justice
http://progress.unwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/EN-Summary-Progress-of-the-Worlds-Women1.pdf

5. SO HOW ARE WE DOING IN THE
UNITED STATES?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUgSQHeduZE&feature=related

6. Denmark
United Liberia
States
Republic of
Korea
Nigeria
Kingdom of
Bhutan
Chile
Iran
Brazil
Bangladesh

7. GLOBAL GENDER GAP INDEX 2011
http://www.weforum.org/issues/global-gender-gap
Country Ranking Inconsistencies
Denmark 7 68 in Health & Survival
United States 17 39 in H & S, 39 in Political Empowerment
Chile 46 106 in Political Empowerment
Bangladesh 69 11 in Pol. Empowerment, 118 in Education
Attainment
Brazil 82 1 in H & S, 114 in Pol Empowerment
South Korea 107 78 in Health & Survival
Nigeria 120 consistent
Iran 125 85 in H & S
Bhutan
Liberia

8. Country Rank (out of 187)
Denmark http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/gii/ 3
South Korea 11
United States 47
Chile 68
Brazil 80
Iran 92
Bhutan 98
Liberia 142
Bangladesh 146
Nigeria
http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/gii/

9. WOMEN AND
EMPOWERMENT

10.  Annual Report documents UN Women’s
work.
(http://www.unwomen.org/resources/annu
al-report/)
 Progress of the World’s Women 2011-
2012 outlines ten recommendations to
make justice systems work for women.
(http://progress.unwomen.org/wp-
content/uploads/2011/06/EN-Summary-
Progress-of-the-Worlds-Women1.pdf)
 Women’s Empowerment Principles:
Equality Means Business
(http://www.unglobalcompact.org/docs/iss
ues_doc/human_rights/Resources/WEP_
EMB_Booklet.pdf)

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Ranking Country and Percentage ?v=jE1k5-IdK4E
# of Peacekeepers Female
1 Bangladesh – 10,245 2.3%
5 Nigeria – 5.714 5.5%
11 Brazil – 2,447 1.1%
34 South Korea – 634 2.4% http://www.youtube.com/watc
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56 United States – 131 12.2%
83 Denmark – 31 3.2%
112 Iran – 2 0.0%
--- Liberia
--- Bhutan
http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/contributors/2012/March12_2.pdf

12. WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT
Rank Country Lower or Single Upper House or
House (% Senate
Women)
13 Denmark 39.1 ---
65 Bangladesh 19.7 ---
78 United States 16.8 17
87 South Korea 14.7 ---
88 Chile 14.2 13.2
113 Liberia 9.6 13.3
116 Brazil 8.6 16
117 Bhutan 8.5 24
125 Nigeria 6.8 6.4
137 Iran 2.8 ---
http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm

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14. DISCUSSION
• Does anyone have a personal experience with an
NGO that is a illustration of how NGOs foster gender
equity, peacebuilding, etc.?
• 3 of the 4 NGOs we looked at have an all-female
Board of Directors. How do you feel about that? Pros
& Cons?

15. HOPE FOR THE FUTURE
It’s a question of
courage; it’s a question
of actually facing the
issues, accepting the
reality, and then dealing
with it. Whatever you
do, bear the bashing, grit
your teeth, and smile –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
there will be others after QsHCBLgn30Y
you.
Christine
Lagarde, Managing
Director of the
International Monetary
Fund