Gender Equality, Central Asia

Kazakhstan GENDER EQUALITY Central Asia Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Why invest in gender equality in Central Asia? WOMEN PLAY A CRUCIAL 9% ROLE IN ECONOMY ministers 60% BUT WOMEN ARE 위 ? are UNDERREPRESENTED IN OFFICIALLY DECISION MAKING EMPLOYED & many more WORK 19% INFORMALLY WOMEN AT WORK seats in parliament UNEQUAL SHARE OF POWER perpetuates POLICIES BLIND TO WOMEN NEEDS ••• MATERNAL HEALTH AFFECTS SOCIETY IN CENTRAL ASIA MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL 5 1990 IMPROVE MATERNAL REDUCE ALL WOMEN •••...• SHOULD DELIVER MATERNAL MORTALITY HEALTH IN SAFETY by 3/4 2015 Central Asia is ••..• NOT ON TRACK • •. .. to achieve the goal more likely to 29% DIE giving birth children born WITHOUT 1of 25 medical assistance compared to women in Europe GOOD MATERNAL HEALTH is important for ECONOMIC STABILITY & SUSTAINABILITY •... .... .... OF FAMILY & SOCIETY MORE WORKFORCE HEALTHIER KIDS LESS PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE IMPROVED GENERAL HEALTH GENDER INEQUALITY INDEX ТОTAL 0...7S ТОTAL 1 ••.. EQUALITY INEQUALITY 0,13 0,35 = RIGHTS = RESPONSIBILITIES Western Central = OPPORTUNITIES Europe Asia Investing in policies that promote equality between men and women create more sustainable societies. Sources: http://databank.worldbank.org/ddp/home.do?Step=12&id=D4&CNO=2 http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2009/ http://apps.who.int/ghodata http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2011/download/ UN DIP For further information please visit UNDP Europe and CIS website, http://europeandcis.undp.org/gender Empowered lives. Resilient nations. Kazakhstan GENDER EQUALITY Central Asia Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Why invest in gender equality in Central Asia? WOMEN PLAY A CRUCIAL 9% ROLE IN ECONOMY ministers 60% BUT WOMEN ARE 위 ? are UNDERREPRESENTED IN OFFICIALLY DECISION MAKING EMPLOYED & many more WORK 19% INFORMALLY WOMEN AT WORK seats in parliament UNEQUAL SHARE OF POWER perpetuates POLICIES BLIND TO WOMEN NEEDS ••• MATERNAL HEALTH AFFECTS SOCIETY IN CENTRAL ASIA MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL 5 1990 IMPROVE MATERNAL REDUCE ALL WOMEN •••...• SHOULD DELIVER MATERNAL MORTALITY HEALTH IN SAFETY by 3/4 2015 Central Asia is ••..• NOT ON TRACK • •. .. to achieve the goal more likely to 29% DIE giving birth children born WITHOUT 1of 25 medical assistance compared to women in Europe GOOD MATERNAL HEALTH is important for ECONOMIC STABILITY & SUSTAINABILITY •... .... .... OF FAMILY & SOCIETY MORE WORKFORCE HEALTHIER KIDS LESS PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE IMPROVED GENERAL HEALTH GENDER INEQUALITY INDEX ТОTAL 0...7S ТОTAL 1 ••.. EQUALITY INEQUALITY 0,13 0,35 = RIGHTS = RESPONSIBILITIES Western Central = OPPORTUNITIES Europe Asia Investing in policies that promote equality between men and women create more sustainable societies. Sources: http://databank.worldbank.org/ddp/home.do?Step=12&id=D4&CNO=2 http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2009/ http://apps.who.int/ghodata http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2011/download/ UN DIP For further information please visit UNDP Europe and CIS website, http://europeandcis.undp.org/gender Empowered lives. Resilient nations. Kazakhstan GENDER EQUALITY Central Asia Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Why invest in gender equality in Central Asia? WOMEN PLAY A CRUCIAL 9% ROLE IN ECONOMY ministers 60% BUT WOMEN ARE 위 ? are UNDERREPRESENTED IN OFFICIALLY DECISION MAKING EMPLOYED & many more WORK 19% INFORMALLY WOMEN AT WORK seats in parliament UNEQUAL SHARE OF POWER perpetuates POLICIES BLIND TO WOMEN NEEDS ••• MATERNAL HEALTH AFFECTS SOCIETY IN CENTRAL ASIA MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL 5 1990 IMPROVE MATERNAL REDUCE ALL WOMEN •••...• SHOULD DELIVER MATERNAL MORTALITY HEALTH IN SAFETY by 3/4 2015 Central Asia is ••..• NOT ON TRACK • •. .. to achieve the goal more likely to 29% DIE giving birth children born WITHOUT 1of 25 medical assistance compared to women in Europe GOOD MATERNAL HEALTH is important for ECONOMIC STABILITY & SUSTAINABILITY •... .... .... OF FAMILY & SOCIETY MORE WORKFORCE HEALTHIER KIDS LESS PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE IMPROVED GENERAL HEALTH GENDER INEQUALITY INDEX ТОTAL 0...7S ТОTAL 1 ••.. EQUALITY INEQUALITY 0,13 0,35 = RIGHTS = RESPONSIBILITIES Western Central = OPPORTUNITIES Europe Asia Investing in policies that promote equality between men and women create more sustainable societies. Sources: http://databank.worldbank.org/ddp/home.do?Step=12&id=D4&CNO=2 http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2009/ http://apps.who.int/ghodata http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2011/download/ UN DIP For further information please visit UNDP Europe and CIS website, http://europeandcis.undp.org/gender Empowered lives. Resilient nations. Kazakhstan GENDER EQUALITY Central Asia Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Why invest in gender equality in Central Asia? WOMEN PLAY A CRUCIAL 9% ROLE IN ECONOMY ministers 60% BUT WOMEN ARE 위 ? are UNDERREPRESENTED IN OFFICIALLY DECISION MAKING EMPLOYED & many more WORK 19% INFORMALLY WOMEN AT WORK seats in parliament UNEQUAL SHARE OF POWER perpetuates POLICIES BLIND TO WOMEN NEEDS ••• MATERNAL HEALTH AFFECTS SOCIETY IN CENTRAL ASIA MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL 5 1990 IMPROVE MATERNAL REDUCE ALL WOMEN •••...• SHOULD DELIVER MATERNAL MORTALITY HEALTH IN SAFETY by 3/4 2015 Central Asia is ••..• NOT ON TRACK • •. .. to achieve the goal more likely to 29% DIE giving birth children born WITHOUT 1of 25 medical assistance compared to women in Europe GOOD MATERNAL HEALTH is important for ECONOMIC STABILITY & SUSTAINABILITY •... .... .... OF FAMILY & SOCIETY MORE WORKFORCE HEALTHIER KIDS LESS PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE IMPROVED GENERAL HEALTH GENDER INEQUALITY INDEX ТОTAL 0...7S ТОTAL 1 ••.. EQUALITY INEQUALITY 0,13 0,35 = RIGHTS = RESPONSIBILITIES Western Central = OPPORTUNITIES Europe Asia Investing in policies that promote equality between men and women create more sustainable societies. Sources: http://databank.worldbank.org/ddp/home.do?Step=12&id=D4&CNO=2 http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2009/ http://apps.who.int/ghodata http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2011/download/ UN DIP For further information please visit UNDP Europe and CIS website, http://europeandcis.undp.org/gender Empowered lives. Resilient nations.