Find out where women around the world wield political power - and why it matters.
Find out where women around the world wield political power - and why it matters.
Guatemala
Agreement on a Firm and Lasting Peace
Women’s Roles: In Brief
Official Roles
Women served in official roles in both the government and opposition delegations.
Civil Society Efforts
Civil society groups supported the peace process by gathering critical input from across ethnic and regional lines, promoting a broad agenda for reform, and building public support. Women’s groups led public marches against the military’s insurgency campaign, promoted postconflict stability by organizing campaigns for disarmament, and helped reintegrate former combatants.
Women’s Roles
1996 Peace Talks
13%
women
women
Negotiators
0%
women
women
Mediators
11%
women
women
Signatories
Closing the gender gap in the workforce could add a $28 trillion to the global GDP.
Closing the gender gap in the workforce could add a $28 trillion to the global GDP.
Most countries still have laws that make it harder for women to work than men.
Most countries still have laws that make it harder for women to work than men.