Gender Equality: Caucasus & Western CIS

>GENDER EQUALITY Armenia Caucasus Azerbaijan & Georgia Western Commonwealth Moldova Ukraine of Independent States WHY INVEST IN GENDER EQUALITY IN THE CAUCASUS AND CIS? WOMEN ARE UNDER REPRESENTED IN DECISION MAKING 9? 9% UNEQUAL SHARE OF POWER perpetuates INEQUALITES, STEREOTYPES 12% of ministers of seats in parliaments and POLICIES BLIND TO INEQUALITY BETWEEN MEN & WOMEN EARLY MARRIAGE EARLY PREGNANCY 10% of girls pregnant before 19 married 1% TTT 3% before 19 of boys of girls represent BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT & EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES preventing girls from fully enjoying their rights EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES 50% ПI I 70% of illiterate adults are of working women are employed in elementary occupations = low paid jobs WOMEN WOMEN'S INCOME 1$ 1$ ONE $ 54 cents 1s 1 cent. cent 50 cents. 1 dollar cent, cent GENDER INEQUALITY INDEX 1 0,13 0,34 = RIGHTS = RESPONSABILITIES = OPPORTUNTIES CAUCASUS WESTERN EUROPE INVESTING IN POLICIES THAT PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN CREATE MORE SUSTAINABLE SOCIETIES * Sources http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2009/ | http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm | http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/indwm/tab2c.htm| http://w3.unece.org/pxweb/dialog/varval.asp?ma=004_GEWEEMPISCO88SPN_r&path=./database/STAT/30-GE/03-WorkAndeconomy/&lang=1&ti=Employment+by+occupation+and+sex | http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/ | http://databank.worldbank.org/ddp/home.do?Step=12&id=4&CNO=2 | http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2011/download/ UN DP For more information please visit the UNDP Europe and CIS website Empowered lives. Resilient nations. http://europeandcis.undp.org/ TOTAL EQUALITY TOTAL INEQUALITY