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N.C. COUNCIL FOR WOMEN

UN WOMEN 2011 NATIONAL CONFERENCE. N.C. COUNCIL FOR WOMEN. PROGRESS, EMPOWERMENT AND EQUALITY. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JILL DINWIDDIE. THE YEAR BEGAN LIKE THIS. “The week of January 8 th , we saw….” - PBS Reporter, Mark Shields. IN 2009. 21% African American. 8% Hispanic or Latino.

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N.C. COUNCIL FOR WOMEN

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  1. UN WOMEN 2011 NATIONAL CONFERENCE N.C. COUNCIL FOR WOMEN PROGRESS, EMPOWERMENT AND EQUALITY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JILL DINWIDDIE

  2. THE YEAR BEGAN LIKE THIS... “The week of January 8th, we saw….” - PBSReporter, Mark Shields

  3. IN 2009 21%African American 8% Hispanic or Latino 2% Asian or Pacific Islander 1% Native American and Alaska Native Today, minorities comprise over 30% of N.C.’s growing total population. GROWING DIVERSITY SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau

  4. KEY ISSUES

  5. = FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE

  6. TheSEWA Project is an organization and movement dedicatedto organizing full employment for women through out India. 2009 1972 TOTAL MEMBERSHIP IN INDIA 372 1,256,944 SOURCE: SEWA.org

  7. PARTICIPATION IN THE LABOR FORCE THE WORKFORCE

  8. MIKA BREZINSKI

  9. “The poverty rate for single women and children has been significantly higher than the overall poverty rate since the 1960s.” SOURCE: Kate Stanworth

  10. Go Red for Women is a movement working to raise awareness about heart disease . Today, heart disease is the number one cause of death in women. HEALTHCARE

  11. For over 90 years, Planned Parenthood has worked to both assist and promote the importance of women’s reproductive and general health. PLANNED PARENTHOOD

  12. Teens Taking Action is an educational program motivating teens to make informed decisions about sexuality and relationships. PLANNED PARENTHOOD

  13. CHILD CARE Families with an employed mother and children under the age of 15 pay at least $6,000 a year for child care. SOURCE: Census.gov

  14. Those above the poverty line spent about 7% of their income on childcare. CHILDCARE POVERTY LINE Those below the poverty line spent about 29% of their income on childcare. SOURCE: Census.gov, 2005

  15. “During a month of poverty and toil, no one recognizes my face or my name, which goes unnoticed and for the most part unuttered. In this parallel universe where my father never got out of the mines and I never got through college, I am ‘baby,’ ‘honey,’ ‘blondie,’ and, most commonly, ‘girl’.” TRANSPORTATION

  16. “Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women, more than car accidents, mugging, or rapes combined.” SOURCE: DomesticViolenceStatistics.org IMAGE FROM DISNEY

  17. Turning Point is a domestic violence program in Monroe, N.C., helping women break away from abusive relationships. FREE AT LAST!

  18. NEARLY 833 CALLS PER HOUR NATIONAL NETWORK

  19. Greater Demand = INCREASED DEMANDS Economic Instability

  20. Albemarle Hopeline’s thrift store is another service that the program offers to the rest of the community. SOURCE: GoGreenTravelGreen.org

  21. Men Stopping Violence Team SOURCE: MSV Facebook

  22. SOURCE: FoundingFathers.org

  23. A comic-book strip that started on the organization website in 2002, promoting women’s safety and preventing violence against women. MEN CAN STOP RAPE SOURCE: MenCanStopRape.org

  24. “This fear… has us paralyzed, holding us hostage, this man box.” –Tony Porter An organization working to redefine gender roles and inspire men to reconsider the way they treat and think about women. A CALL TO MEN

  25. SOURCE: Interact of Wake County Facebook

  26. Established by two students from UNC-Chapel Hill, Kiran currently resides in Raleigh. SOURCE: KiranInc.Org

  27. AMERICAN INDIAN OUTREACH SOURCE: PaganMedia.WordPress.Com

  28. 1/3 of female homicide victims are killed by an intimate partner. 500 rapes and sexual assaults are committed daily. 1 in every 4 women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. WOMEN’S SAFETY SOURCE: Coalition Against Domestic Violence

  29. Awareness campaign STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PUBLIC-AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

  30. N.C. Governor Perdue

  31. MILLICENT FENWICK

  32. “I have come to believe that the one thing people cannot bear is a sense of injustice. Poverty, cold, even hunger, are more bearable than injustice.” MILLICENT FENWICK SOURCE: themarcsteinershow.wordpress.com

  33. Global Leadership Empowering the Generations SOURCE: TeachingVillage.org

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