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N.C. COUNCIL FOR WOMENPROGRESS, EMPOWERMENT AND
EQUALITY
UN WOMEN2011 NATIONAL
CONFERENCE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
JILL DINWIDDIE
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“The week of January 8th, we saw….”
- PBS Reporter, Mark Shields
THE YEAR BEGAN LIKE THIS...
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GROWING DIVERSITY
IN 2009
2% Asian or Pacific
Islander
21% African
American8% Hispanic or
Latino
1% Native American and Alaska
Native
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau
Today, minorities comprise over 30% of N.C.’s growing total population.
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KEY ISSUES
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FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE
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The SEWA Project is an organization and movement dedicated to organizing full employment for women through out
India. TOTAL MEMBERSHIP IN
INDIA1972
2009
372
1,256,944SOURCE: SEWA.org
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THE WORKFORCE
PARTICIPATION IN THE LABOR
FORCE
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MIKA BREZINSKI
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“The poverty rate for single women and children has been significantly higher than the overall poverty rate since the 1960s.” SOURCE: Kate Stanworth
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HEALTHCARE
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.
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD
For over 90 years, Planned Parenthood has worked to both assist and promote the importance of women’s reproductive and general health.
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD
Teens Taking Action is an educational
program motivating teens to make informed decisions about sexuality and relationships.
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CHILD CAREFamilies with an
employed mother and children under the age
of 15 pay at least $6,000 a year for child
care.
SOURCE: Census.gov
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CHILDCARE
POVERTY LINE
Those above the poverty line spent about 7% of their income on childcare.
Those below the poverty line spent about 29% of their income on childcare.
SOURCE: Census.gov, 2005
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TRANSPORTATION
“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’.”
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“Domestic violence is the leading cause of
injury to women, more than car
accidents, mugging, or rapes combined.” SOURCE: DomesticViolenceStatistics.org
IMAGE FROM DISNEY
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FREE AT LAST!
Turning Point is a domestic violence program in Monroe, N.C., helping women break away from abusive relationships.
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NATIONAL NETWORK
NEARLY 833 CALLS PER HOUR
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INCREASED DEMANDS
Economic
Instability
=
Greater Demand
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Albemarle Hopeline’s thrift store is another service that
the program offers to the rest of the community.
SOURCE: GoGreenTravelGreen.org
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Men Stopping Violence Team
SOURCE: MSV Facebook
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SOURCE: FoundingFathers.org
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MEN CAN STOP RAPE
A comic-book strip that started on the organization website in 2002, promoting women’s safety and preventing violence against women.
SOURCE: MenCanStopRape.org
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A CALL TO MEN
“This fear… has us paralyzed, holding
us hostage, this man box.” –Tony
PorterAn organization working to redefine gender roles and inspire men to reconsider the way they treat and think about women.
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SOURCE: Interact of Wake County Facebook
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Established by two students from UNC-Chapel Hill, Kiran currently resides in
Raleigh. SOURCE: KiranInc.Org
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AMERICAN INDIAN
OUTREACHSOURCE: PaganMedia.WordPress.Com
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WOMEN’S SAFETY
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.
SOURCE: Coalition Against Domestic Violence
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Awareness campaign
STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
PUBLIC-AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
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N.C. Governor Perdue
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MILLICENT FENWICK
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“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 FENWICKSOURCE: themarcsteinershow.wordpress.com
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Global Leadership
Empowering the Generations
SOURCE: TeachingVillage.org