Commission on the Status of Women 2012

[Gormy Cuss]

The 56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW56) brings together in New York government officials, rural women, representatives of the United Nations and civil society, the media and the private sector. They will meet at United Nations headquarters to review progress, share experiences and good practices, analyse gaps and challenges and agree on priority actions to accelerate the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the achievement of gender equality.

The Commission will focus on the empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges.

http://www.unwomen.org/how-we-work/csw/csw-56/

Selected bullets from the fact sheet:
CSW56 – Facts and Figures on Rural Women

-- Gender inequality is a major cause and effect of hunger and poverty: it is estimated that 60 percent of chronically hungry people are women and girls. (Source: WFP Gender Policy and Strategy.)
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---Women make up more than two-thirds of the world’s 796 million illiterate people.
---According to global statistics, just 39 percent of rural girls attend secondary school. This is far fewer than rural boys (45 percent), urban girls (59 percent) and urban boys (60 percent).
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--- More rural women experience domestic violence, and yet few seek services, according to a multi-country study by the World Health Organization (WHO). In Peru, less than 5 percent of the total amount of rural domestic violence survivors (60 percent) sought help, compared to approximately 16 percent of urban women (out of 49 percent).

http://www.unwomen.org/how-we-work/csw/csw-56/facts-and-figures/

[maddezmom]

1. very depressing but thanks for posting

I posted an earlier thread about this here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/11381044

[Gormy Cuss]

2. Yes, and thanks for that.

I posted these links to draw attention to it again. They're webcasting sessions/presentations on two channels.