N.C. COUNCIL FOR WOMENPROGRESS, EMPOWERMENT AND

EQUALITY

UN WOMEN2011 NATIONAL

CONFERENCE

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

JILL DINWIDDIE

“The week of January 8th, we saw….”

- PBS Reporter, Mark Shields

THE YEAR BEGAN LIKE THIS...

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.

KEY ISSUES

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FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE

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

THE WORKFORCE

PARTICIPATION IN THE LABOR

FORCE

MIKA BREZINSKI

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

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.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD

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

PLANNED PARENTHOOD

Teens Taking Action is an educational

program motivating teens to make informed decisions about sexuality and relationships.

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

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

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’.”

“Domestic violence is the leading cause of

injury to women, more than car

accidents, mugging, or rapes combined.” SOURCE: DomesticViolenceStatistics.org

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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.

NATIONAL NETWORK

NEARLY 833 CALLS PER HOUR

INCREASED DEMANDS

Economic

Instability

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Greater Demand

Albemarle Hopeline’s thrift store is another service that

the program offers to the rest of the community.

SOURCE: GoGreenTravelGreen.org

Men Stopping Violence Team

SOURCE: MSV Facebook

SOURCE: FoundingFathers.org

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

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.

SOURCE: Interact of Wake County Facebook

Established by two students from UNC-Chapel Hill, Kiran currently resides in

Raleigh. SOURCE: KiranInc.Org

AMERICAN INDIAN

OUTREACHSOURCE: PaganMedia.WordPress.Com

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

Awareness campaign

STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

PUBLIC-AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

N.C. Governor Perdue

MILLICENT FENWICK

“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

Global Leadership

Empowering the Generations

SOURCE: TeachingVillage.org