WOMEN'S UN REPORT NETWORK - WUNRN® GUATEMALA WOMEN & GIRLS ADVOCACY AGAINST VIOLENCE, FOR RIGHTS - UN + UN Commission on the Status of Women CSW 57 - New

WOMEN'S UN REPORT NETWORK - WUNRN®

GUATEMALA WOMEN & GIRLS ADVOCACY AGAINST VIOLENCE, FOR RIGHTS - UN +

UN Commission on the Status of Women

CSW 57 - New YorkMarch 6, 2013

WOMEN’S UN REPORT NETWORKWUNRN®




GUATEMALA WOMEN & GIRLS*Many Indigenous - *More Rural - *Often Poor - *Frequently Malnourished *Ranking Low on UNDP Human Development Index for Literacy, Education, Overall Standard of Living - *Rarely Owning Land - *Often Heading Households *Suffering from Inequality, Discrimination, & High Vulnerability to Violence*Experiencing Serious Rates of Femicide

GUATEMALA - INTERSECTIONALITY OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN & GIRLS & HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES

*High Level Violence in Public & Private Spheres, Rape, Femicide*Minority & Indigenous Issues, Discrimination*Serious Poverty*Lack of Social Protections, Pensions*Nutrition/Malnutrition*Health - Physical & Mental Reproductive Health*Child Marriages & Child Motherhood*Maternal & Infant Mortality*Water & Sanitation*Education*Child Labour*Preference for Males*Land, Housing/Shelter Land-Grabbing, Forced Evictions Homelessness - Slums*Conflict *Internal Displacement*Prostitution*Trafficking*Migration*Culture & Traditions*Climate Change Issues*Natural Disasters*Lifespan - Ageing Women - Survival*Exposure to Environmental Hazards


GUATEMALA - GIRL CHILD AS A MOTHER

Sarah Bones - International Photojournalist


GUATEMALA WOMEN - ACROSS THE GENERATIONS – CYCLE OF POVERTY & VICTIMIZATION


GUATEMALA - EPICENTER OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN & FEMICIDE: VIDEO




INDIGENOUS GIRLS IN GUATEMALA


Photo - UNICEF




GUATEMALA WOMEN & GIRLS



UN MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Eradicate Extreme Poverty & Hunger Target 1.A:

Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day

1.1 Proportion of population below $1 (PPP) per day a*1.2 Poverty gap ratio 1.3 Share of poorest quintile in national consumption

Target 1.B:

Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people 1.4 Growth rate of GDP per person employed1.5 Employment-to-population ratio1.6 Proportion of employed people living below $1 (PPP) per day1.7 Proportion of own-account and contributing family workers in total employment

Target 1.C:

Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

1.8 Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age1.9 Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption



GUATEMALA - GENERATIONS OF WOMEN

Photographer - Sarah Bones


GUATEMALA: INDIGENOUS MAYA WOMEN TESTIFY MILITARY ATROCITIES HAPPENED DURING CIVIL WAR

(WNN/IPS) Guatemala City, GUATEMALA, SOUTH AMERICA: “In the garrison they had rooms where they would rape us; sometimes there were three, four or five soldiers,” testified Rosa Pérez* in court, one of the women ‘used’ by the Guatemalan army as a sex-slave during the country’s civil war, where conflict in the region lasted from 1960 to 1996.


Forms of Discrimination that Restrict Women’s Full Exercise of their Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

The binding principles of equality and non discrimination are core principles of the inter-American human rights system and its instruments, such as the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, the American Convention on Human Rights, and the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women (“Convention of Belém do Pará”). Consequently, the States have obliged to guarantee the exercise of women’s human rights under equal conditions and free of all forms of discrimination. The Protocol of San Salvador likewise contains a long list of human rights, including the right to work, labor union and social security rights, the right to health, the right to food, the right to education, among others. Article 3 of the Protocol of San Salvador establishes the obligation of the State parties to guarantee the exercise of these rights without discrimination of any kind. The Organization of American States (OAS), has thirty-five independent member states of the Americas.



The Global Gender Gap Report, introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006, provides a framework for capturing the magnitude and scope of gender-based disparities around the world. The index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education- and health-based criteria and provides country rankings that allow for effective comparison across regions and income groups and over time.


STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN & GIRLS IN GUATEMALA

Amnesty International USA

The prevalence of violence against women in Guatemala today has its roots in historical and cultural values which have maintained women’s subordination. These circumstances were most evident during the 36-year internal armed conflict that ended with the signing of the United Nations-brokered Peace Accords in 1996. The consequences of the Guatemala internal conflicts in terms of the destruction of communities, displacement, increased poverty and social exclusion has a bearing on levels of violence against women today as does the failure to bring to account those responsible for past human rights violations.


SORORIDAD ENTRE MUJERES, DESDE LO LOCAL HASTA LO GLOBAL , DE LO RURAL A LO URBANO, ATRAVESANDO GENERACIONES

Mujeres del mundo, Niñas del planeta,Todas somos hermanas.Los traumas y alegrías que le ocurren a una,nos pasan a todas nosotras.Problemas y derechos, opresión y empoderamientoSon parte del desafío de la mujer por la igualdad, la dignidad,Para las que estamos unidas en el espíritu femenino.Nos acercamos a aprender, a entendernos.Local con global, rural y urbano, cerca con lejos, abrazos y lágrimas,Este es nuestro momento!___________________________________________________

SISTERHOOD OF WOMEN, LOCAL TO GLOBAL, RURAL TO URBAN, ACROSS THE GENERATIONS

Women of the world, girls of the planet, We are all sisters. Traumas and joys that happen to one, Happen to us all. Issues and rights, oppression and empowerment Are part of woman's challenge for equality, for dignity, For we are bonded in the female spirit. We reach out to learn, to understand each other. Local to global, rural and urban, near to far, hugs and tears, Now is our time! WUNRN

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WOMEN'S UN REPORT NETWORK - WUNRN® GUATEMALA WOMEN & GIRLS ADVOCACY AGAINST VIOLENCE, FOR RIGHTS - UN + UN Commission on the Status of Women CSW 57 - New