Reaching Gender Equality Determining what steps to take Interactive Workshop prepared by Leslie Erway Wright, Zonta International Advisor to the UN Committee and President, Zonta Club of Brooklyn Zonta NAIDM, meeting on June 8, 2019 in Dallas TX

How we will work in the next 90 minutes Welcome and Greetings – 3 minutes Getting to know you – an exercise designed to get to know each other – 10 minutes Brainstorming the issues – sharing the things we think are most important – 17 minutes Mini lecture – 10 minutes Table talk – taking the issues in groups to share how we will achieve the objectives – 25 minutes Presentations – groups share their work with the large group – 18 minutes Setting our priorities and goals, including next steps – 17 minutes

Getting to know you Complete your index card: Name, email, Club name and location, what do you want to get out of this session Share it with one other person Introduce each other to another group of four Summarize your expectations to report to the large group Collect the cards and give them to the moderator

Brainstorming the issues Think about what issues keep women and girls from achieving gender equality – write these on sticky pads Share these with your table – 5 minutes Share them with the main group – issues are written on sticky pads and then stuck on large sheets around the room

Women’s rights are the main indicator of the state of development of a society

Equal opportunities for women and men Ability to use their talents in the workplace Financial independence Full citizenship Full access to education, health care, ownership, information, internet There is a need for profound change

With so many issues, how can we focus? Equal Work opportunities and Equal Pay Equal educational opportunities Equal health care Body politics Human rights Wealth and assets Power Laws and enforcement Keeping women in their place Relationships/culture

Within each issue are lots of other issues Equal work opportunities/Equal Pay No country has achieved gender equality or equal pay Legal implementation is irregular – Me, too! Less pay; different jobs; different constraints “Invisible work” Race, ethnicity – pay differs – Asian women are 90%, white 80%, black 63%, native 57% and Hispanic women 54% Support for families - Maternity/paternity leave, child care, etc. – US NO!

Strategies for change Do one thing well Work in coalition Move the needle Step it up Work for change – internal, with others Measure progress and share it Stay focused and motivated

Zonta priorities Ending early marriage Ending violence against women – ZISVAW Equal pay Goal 5 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Women’s Human Rights – Equal Rights

Table Talk Large sheets with issues and strategies will be given to each table 15 minutes to read and talk about the issues 10 minutes to prepare the table presentation

Presentations Each group will share in turn the results of their discussions – 15 minutes At the end of the presentations the group will vote on which priorities should be set at the club level – 3 minutes

Setting our goals Looking at the list of priorities, tables will discuss the overall goal – 5 minutes Tables will share their perspectives with the large group – 10 minutes Wrap up and next steps – 2 minutes