WOMEN AND ARMED CONFLICT, WOMEN

AND POLITICS, WOMEN AND INDIGENOUS

COMMUNITIES
Group 5
 REPORTERS
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Anjolina Ronalyn Angeline Marife

Sophia Mae
Felix Salvatiera Macaraeg Locquiao
Urbano
Women and Armed Conflict
Women experienced armed conflict much the same
way men do. They are killed, injured disabled and
tortured. Throughout the history, women have often
been targeted in war time for violence. Women from
armed conflict have intense feeling of fear. A lack of
high-level leadership committed to integrating
women’s right, including security council negotiations.
HOW ARE WOMEN AFFECTED BY ARMED
CONFLICT?
Women usually don't start wars, but they do
suffer heavily from the consequences. It renders
women acutely vulnerable to poverty, the loss of
jobs and the destruction of assets such as homes.
EXAMPLE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN DURING ARMED CONFLICT

• Rape
• Forced marriage
• Forced impregnation
• Torture
WHY ARE WOMEN'S RIGHTS IMPORTANT IN
SITUATIONS OF ARMED CONFLICT?
It is important that women are empowered so
that they can influence their situation and that
women and girls are protected against abuse.
 Woman and Politics
Only 23% of the world’s politicians are women.
The lack of female political leaders on the world
stage is all too visible. Around the world, women
are closing the gender gap such as health, and
education but significant gender inequality persists
in politics. Democracy is not democratic without
the equality while women in politics experience
violence and intimidation.
 Way to Increase Women Participation in
Government
1. Setting numerical target for women in
leadership position.
2. Expanding and diversifying the full of
qualified and capable women able to run for
election.
3. Increasing awareness of the benefits that
women in politics bring.
4. Encouraging support for them among
governing institutions.
WHY ARE WOMEN'S POLITICS ARE
IMPORTANT?
• Giving significant political visibility to
women's worldwide.

POLITICAL ROLE OF WOMEN

• Championing issues of gender equality such as
gender based violence.
 Women and Indigenous
Communities
WHAT IS INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE?
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AN INDIGENOUS
• “Being an indigenousWOMAN?
woman means living under a
society and ‘civilization’ that benefits from your voice
lessness, invisibility, disappearance, non-existence,
and erasure.”
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE AN INDIGENOUS
WOMAN?
• Indigenous women are often described as the
custodians of traditions and cultures.
HOW DO INDIGENOUS PEOPLE VIEW
GENDER?
• In most indigenous societies, women and
men have distinct ritual, social and
economic responsibilities.

WHAT IS THE ROLE OF AN INDIGENOUS

• Indigenous womenWOMAN?
are seen as the protector and
custodians of cultural values and as the
guarantors of their peoples’ survival.
Thank You