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Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women in Guatemala: Challenges and Lessons Learned

Explore the status of women in Guatemala, including exclusion, discrimination, and gender gaps in employment, health, and decision-making. Learn about the links between national policies and the Millennium Development Goals, and the effects of Guatemala's disaster vulnerability on achieving gender equity. Discover the challenges and lessons learned in promoting gender equality.

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Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women in Guatemala: Challenges and Lessons Learned

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  1. Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women in the Context of the Implementation of the Millennium Development Goals 2010 High-level Segment Economic and Social Council New York, 28 June – 2 July Annual Ministerial Review : Nacional Voluntary Presentation GUATEMALA

  2. Guatemala: an unequal and diverse country Population: 14.4 million 51.2% women, 48.8% men 38.4% indigenous, 61.6% non-indigenous Post Conflict and Democracy: 36 years of armed conflict (1960-1996) 1985: First civilian government elected 1996: Signing of Peace Agreements Human Development Index: ranks 118 (0,689) Gini Coefficient for Income Distribution: 0.55 One of the most vulnerable countries in terms of Climate Change

  3. Status of women in Guatemala Exclusion and discrimination Gender relatioships

  4. Trends in selected indicators, Millennium Goals Situation of Women 1990-2010

  5. Gender Gaps Target 6A: Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV / AIDS Source: National Epidemiology Center, Ministry of Health

  6. Gender GapsTarget 1B: Achieve full and productiveemployment and decent work for all, including women and young people Source: INE-ENCOVI, 2006

  7. Gender GapsTarget 1B: Achieve full and productiveemployment and decent work for all, including women and young people

  8. Intra-gender GapsGoal 5: Improve maternal health Source: National Epidemiology Center, Ministry of Health, 2008

  9. Income / Population Ratio: Employed persons between the ages of 15 and 65 by sex and ethnic identity Source: ENCOVI, 2006

  10. Sustained increase of women meeting violent deaths A total of 4,602 cases of women meeting violent deaths are registered between 2001 to 2009 Source: PNC, 2007.

  11. Decision-Making Source: TSE, 2007, Segeplan, 2010

  12. Advances for Women’s Equality 50% of policies include guidelines and actions to promote gender and ethnic equality.

  13. Links between the National Policy for the Advancement and Integral Development of Women and the MDG’s

  14. Links between MDG reports and policy making

  15. Lessons Learned

  16. Challengesforthe Country

  17. Effects of Guatemala’s disaster vulnerability on the achivement of MDG’s and gender equity

  18. Secretariat for Planning and Programming Republic of Guatemala –Segeplan- www.segeplan.gob.gt

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