TURNING OPPRESSION INTO OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN WORLDWIDE What

TURNING OPPRESSION INTO OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN WORLDWIDE What Can We Do?

All human beings are born FREE and EQUAL in dignity and rights.

They are endowed with reason and conscience and act towards one another in the spirit of brotherhood.

~ ARTICLE I UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

DID YOU KNOW…

Women head 83% of singleparent families.

DID YOU KNOW…

The number of families nurtured by women alone doubled to 12. 2 million from 5. 6 million from 1970 to 1995.

Two-thirds of the world’s children who receive less than 4 years of education are girls.

DID YOU KNOW…

About 75% of the refugees and displaced persons in the world are women.

DID YOU KNOW…

75% of fatalities of war are women and children.

Rape is consciously used as a tool of genocide and weapon of war.

Tens of thousands of women and girls have been subjected to rape and other sexual violence since the crisis erupted in Darfur (Sudan), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Northern Uganda…

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Warren Hills High School Social Studies Homework Pass is hereby granted to: for contributing $1. 00 towards the purchase of a cow for a village in Rwanda Human Rights Club Fundraiser (Life Lifting Hands) Date Granted : _____ Mrs. Rokosny, Advisor - Human Rights Club *Limit one pass per student per course; redeemable at the discretion of social studies teacher.

Ask Yourself…

What Kind of World do YOU want to live in?

“Compassion Knows No Boundaries” ~ Doctors without Borders