DIRECTIONS: Fill in information below.

If
you copy information directly, put quotation
marks around it. For each source, write the
title of the webpage and the name of the
website.
Use the following websites:
- www.halftheskymovement.org
- www.unwomen.org
- http://www.who.int/mediacentre/fa
ctsheets/fs239/en/
- www.amnestryusa.org
- www.endviolence.org
COUNTRY BACKGROUND
Official Country
Name______________________________

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Major religions
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Gross National Product ________________
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Development status___________________
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Percentage of people living in poverty

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Population __________________________

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Do children have access to education?

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Head of State________________________

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Do people have access to health care?

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What percentage of the population of your

country is women?____________________

Government System__________________
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How does this system of government work?
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TOPIC BACKGROUND
List 5 facts about global gender-based
violence (list all sources):

Circle the forms of violence that are

prevalent in your country:
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What are mens gender roles in your

country?
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Female Genital Cutting

Dowry Murder
Honor Killings
Early Marriage
Prenatal Sex Selection
Human Trafficking
HIV/AIDs and Violence
Rape as a weapon of war

How many women experience this/these

form(s) of violence?
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What are womens gender roles in your

country?
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Why is/are this/these form(s) of violence

prevalent in your country?
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VOCABULARY
Gender role: the behaviors, ways of
thinking and feeling, that the culture teaches
are appropriate for the two genders
Gross National Product: the total value of

the goods and services produced by the

people of a nation during a year not
including the value of income earned in
foreign countries