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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February 6, 2012 (Latina Lista)
EL SALVADOR: Women of El Salvador Start the New Year with a Special Law Protecting Them In El Salvador in 1930, the first female president in all of Latin America was elected. Her name was Prudencia Ayala and she led the way in history to proclaim the equality of rights. Twenty years after that declaration, the government, in 1950, granted full equality for both sexes in El Salvador.
February 6, 2012 (MADRE)
GUATEMALA: Justice Delayed But Not Denied for Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala “Everything changed when the soldiers arrived,” said Rosa, an Indigenous Ixil woman living in the Quiché region of Guatemala. “They burned our homes, raped the women and killed many of my friends and neighbors.”
February 5, 2012 (U.S. Department of State)
USA: Remarks at Women's Breakfast Secretary Clinton addresses the US National Action Plan- and notes that "there are not enough women at the table, not enough women's voices being heard"- at the Prinz Carl Palais in Munich, Germany.
February 1, 2012 (Care2)
USA: U.S. Acts on Women, Peace and Security A new action plan opens far-reaching possibilities to improve the security of women and the world. With some caution, women's peace advocates plan to monitor its implementation.
February 1, 2012 (Nobel Women's Initiative)
GUATEMALA: Take Action: Protect Guatemalan Human Rights Defender Norma Cruz Guatemalan human rights defender Norma Cruz – leader of the women's rights organization ‘Survivors' Foundation' (Fundación Sobrevivientes) – has received repeated death threats because of her work supporting victims of violence against women and calling for those responsible to be prosecuted.