AMERICAS

Within this region, PeaceWomen is currently monitoring 7 countries (United States, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Peru, Colombia, and Haiti) within four sub-regions.

The Americas are home to countries with both very high (US 4) and low (Haiti 145) rates of human development, in addition to multiple protracted and internal conflicts. According to the Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI) which measures and ranks the level of equality between genders, countries in the Americas diverge in their rankings from 19 (U.S.) to 109 (Guatemala.)

Currently, there is one United Nations peacekeeping mission in the region, the United Nations Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).
For information on National Action Plans in the region for SCR 1325, please click here.

PeaceWomen focuses our updates on materials related to women, peace and security and therefore our resources should not be seen as a comprehensive source on the broader situation in these countries.

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May 22, 2012 (UN News Centre)
COLOMBIA: Colombia must fight impunity for sexual violence crimes – UN official Colombia must increase its efforts to fight impunity for crimes of sexual violence, a United Nations envoy said today, adding that such efforts should be paired with assistance to survivors and victims.
May 16, 2012 (Associated Press)
USA: Report Says Female Farmworkers Suffer Sex Abuse Female farmworkers across the United States are commonly sexually harassed and assaulted, in part because their immigration status makes them fearful of calling police, according to a report being released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch. The survey by the international rights group mirrors two previous reports on the risks facing women and girls that had focused on California, where most of the nation's farmworkers reside.
May 9, 2012 (Caribbean News Now)
CARIBBEAN: OAS and Chile Cooperate to Combat Violence Against Women in the Eastern Caribbean The Organization of American States (OAS) and the government of Chile have signed a letter of intent to strengthen capacities in the area of violence against women in the countries of the Eastern Caribbean, among which are OAS member states Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis, and St Vincent and the Grenadines.
May 1, 2012 (New York Times)
LATIN AMERICA: Latin America Opens Up to Equality Quietly and against the odds, women are stepping up the political ladder in Latin America, moving ahead of the United States when it comes to political empowerment and closely matching much of Western Europe.
April 25, 2012 (McClatchydc.com)
USA: Alaska Tribes Say Violence Against Women Act Could Harm Their People Alaska Natives are lining up in opposition to Lower 48 tribes over the congressional reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.