The Issue: Education for Women and Girls Fast Facts   Men outnumber women almost three to one among those planning careers in computer or information sciences, according to a United Nations Statistics division report.   Women in science and engineering remain a distinct minority, representing approximately 10 percent of professionals in these fields.   Women hold just 10.4 percent of the board seats of global 200 companies, as ranked by Fortune Magazine, according to Corporate Women Directors International. Zonta's Response: Access of Women and Girls to Science, Mathematics and Technology Education   Message from 2006-2008 Zonta International President Olivia Ferry 2006-2008 LAA Committee Introduction of Position Paper and Advocacy Tools > Zonta International Position Paper: Improving the Access of Women and Girls to Science, Mathematics and Technology Education  > Advocacy Tools

The Issue: Violence Against Women and Girls

Violence against women is a universal problem and one of the most widespread violations of human rights. It affects every race, class, culture, ethnicity, age and country. Women are potential victims of violence at every stage of their lives. In no country in the world are women safe from domestic and intimate violence. Violence against women takes many forms, including prenatal sex selection, female infanticide, female genital mutilation, sexual harassment, abuse and assault, dowry violence, honor killings, domestic violence, battering, marital rape, forced prostitution and trafficking.       One in three women will suffer some form of violence in her lifetime, becoming part of an epidemic that devastates lives, fractures communities and stalls development. (UNIFEM) Half of the women who die from homicides are killed by their current or former husbands or partners. (UNIFEM) More than 2 million girls between the ages of 5 and 15 are trafficked, sold or coerced into prostitution each year. (UNFPA) Beyond individual consequences, gender-based violence has public health and economic impacts, as businesses and public health systems often bear the costs of treating injuries related to violence against women and girls.  Zonta's Response: Violence Against Women   Zonta International Resolution on Violence Against Women UNIFEM, Say NO To Violence Against Women Campaign Add Your Name to an ever-growing movement of people who speak out to put a halt to this shameful human rights violation. Help UNIFEM reach one million names by 25 November, when all names will be handed to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a broadbased call for governments to take action to end violence against women and girls. UN Secretary-General Study Ending Violence Against Women: from words to action (9 October 2006)   Executive Summary Fact Sheets, Violence Against Women: > Forms, consequences and costs > Unmet needs, broken promises > What works Trafficking of Women and Girls   Zonta International Position Paper   Fact Sheet   Zonta International Position Statement on Trafficking in Persons   Strategies to Prevent and Protect Trafficked Women and Girls    Additional Resources   The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)   Member Resources, Tools for Clubs, Service and Advocacy Zonta International Strategies to Prevent Violence Against Women ZISVAW Grants Read More > HIV/AIDS The Zontian The Faces of Violence Against Women (Issue 4, April 2005)