1. Marybeth Gallivan
EDU 627
April 17, 2012

2.  “Understanding how economics and race are
structured and manipulated is paramount for
social workers working with children,
families, and women.”
 “The role of women in economic
environments and countries around the world
is central to the chapter and critical in
understanding how culture is shaped and
changed in an environment of poverty and
need.”
(Lum, 2011)

3.  “In many cultures, women bear a huge
responsibility for feeding and ensuring the
health of their families.”
 “Aristide (2000) predicts that when women
are in leadership positions and the budget of
nations are in their hands, then food,
education, and health care will be central to
the health of the nation.”
(Lum, 2011)

4.  “Women play a vital role in the Economic and
Global Forces of our world:”
 “The UN Millennium Developmental Goals
may be met and will benefit and educate
women and expand great possibilities for the
world.”
(Lum,2011)

5.  Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
 Achieve universal primary education
 Promote gender equality and empower
women
 Reduce child mortality
 Improve maternal health
 Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
 Ensure environmental sustainability
 Develop global partnership for development
 http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals

6.  “The role of women to help create a
sustainable and safer world is recognized.”
 “The education of young girls reduces fertility
rates and helps balance an unequal world
population to promote sustainable futures in
food, water, energy (Krauss, 2009).”
(Lum, 2011)

7.  “There have been a number of improvements
to women’s lives in the past twenty years.
 Female life expectancy is increasing
 More girls are going to school
 More women are in the paid workforce
 Many countries have introduced laws to protect
women’s rights.”
(UNESCO,2010)

8.  Mr. Kofi Annan, in his role as Secretary
General of the United Nations said, “There
has been no breakthrough in women’s
participation indecision-making process and
little progress in favor of women’s rights to
own land and property.”
(UNESCO, 2010)

9.  The Fourth World  Lack of respect for, and
inadequate promotion of ,
Conference on the human rights of women
Women was held in  Persistent discrimination
Beijing in 1995. against, and violation of ,
the rights of the girl child.
 Critical areas of  Gender inequalities in the
concern for women: management of natural
 Increasing burden of resources and in
poverty safeguarding of the
environment.
 Inequalities and unequal
access to education,
training, health care.
 Violence against women
(UNESCO, 2010)

10.  “Since 1995, women have used the ideas from
Beijing to push for progress that spans nations
and regions.
 As of 2000 women have convinced a number of
countries to adopt affirmative action programs
that raise the number of women in politics and
as of 2000, there were:
 Seven women heads of state in the world
 Three heads of governments
 145 countries have governments which
included women.”
(UNESCO,2010)

11.  Beijing +15, was held in 2010. The action
plan over the next 5 years is addresses the
following:
 Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS.
 Release of women and children taken hostage, including
those imprisoned, in armed conflicts.
 The situation of assistance to Palestinian women.
 Women's economic empowerment.
 Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the
empowerment of women.
 Ending female genital mutilation. (UNESCO,
2010)

12.  “Women constitute one half of the world’s
population, they do two-thirds of the world’s
work, they earn one tenth of the world’s
income and own one hundredth of the
world’s property including land.”
( United Nations State of the World’s women,
1979)

13.  “Women are the deciding influence on the
quality of life and well-being of their families
and communities.”
 “They are the primary care- givers and
managers of natural resources, including
shelter, food, and consumption of goods, and
have jobs or careers in the formal economy,
in most cultures.” (UNESCO, 2010)

14.  Water pollution in Uzbekistan has led to an
increase in birth defects and complications in
pregnancy.
 Pesticide exposures in Central Sudan are linked
to 22% of hospital stillbirths.
 Air pollution in the Ukraine has been linked to
21% of illnesses affecting women and children.
 One in three women in the USA will be
diagnosed with cancer at some time in their
lives.
 (UNESCO,2010)

15.  Education is the key to helping the women of the
world.
 Educated parents tend to have healthier
children
 Women are the primary healthcare providers in
society.
 An estimated 75% of health care takes place at
home.
 A woman who can read the label on a package
of medicine is a more effective health care
provided than one who cannot.
(UNSECO, 2010)

16.  “1 to 3 years of schooling for a other can
reduce child mortality rates by 15%, as
opposed to only 6%, when fathers have the
same level of education.”
 “Educated women tend to have increased
decision-making authority within the
household.”
 “Education increases women’s chances of
earning income outside the home- that can be
used to pay for food, clothing, education, and
health care for their families.”
(UNESCO, 2010)

17.  Teach women and girls to stay in school.
 The higher a girls education greatly affects her
economy and HIV rate.
 Teach girls about sexual reproduction and health
rights.
 Teach about marriage and violence against
women.
 Teach about choices and opportunities.
 Teach about adolescent girls and girl across the
nation.
(Investing in Girls U.N. Women Foundation,
Think mtv.org, 2012)

18.  Lum, D. (2010). Culturally Competent Practice, a
framework for understanding diverse groups and
justice issues. Brooks/Cole Pub Co.
 UNESCO. ( 2010). Teaching and Learning for a
Sustainable Future. Retrieved from
http://www.unesco.org/education/tlsf/mods/them
e_c/mod12.html
 MTVExiled. (2008). United Nations Foundations
Women and Population Program. Retrieved from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhmd-_qLnSY