1. Warm-up 10/12
Directions: Write a T for true or F for false next to the following statements.
***If you don’t know, just guess 
__________1. Women were given the right to vote in the United States in 1787.
__________2. The policy of Apartheid denied people the right to vote in Australia for decades.
__________3. Only 4 out of 112 United States Supreme Court Justices have been women.
__________4. National literacy rates for males and females rarely vary.
__________5. Islamic law often favors men.

2. UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS

3. What is representation?
House of Representatives
What determines how many representatives each state gets? Why?

4. What is underrepresentation?
If they were to elect a leader, which race would most likely represent the population?

5. If this is a classroom….
If they elected a leader, what gender would represent the population best?
There is accurate representation if…
A female would be elected 80% of the time.
There is underrepresentation if…
A male would be elected a little more than 20% of the time.

6. Underrepresented Groups
Copy Definition: Underrepresented Group: group of people who do not have the same influence, importance or power as other members in a society.

7. Underrepresented Groups
What are some underrepresented groups in the world?
Minorities
Women
People with disabilities
Religious minorities
Natives

8. How are women underrepresented?
How have they been underrepresented throughout history?
 Not allowed to vote or work, not educated, not allowed to lead in governments

9. How are women underrepresented?
What about today…?
In the US, despite being 51% of the total population…
There have only been 44 female senators ever (currently 20)
There have only been 300 female representatives
There have only been 4 female supreme court justices out of 112
And there has never been a female President of the United States

10. Reflection Let’s think about it…
if slightly more than half of the world’s population is made up of females (and it is), then shouldn’t slightly more than half of the world’s leaders be females at any given point in time?

11. Top 5 BEST countries to be a woman
Iceland
Finland
Norway
Sweden
Ireland
Why? – Equal pay, equal education, equal job opportunities, equal civil rights

12. Top 5 WORST countries to be a woman
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Pakistan
Syria
Chad
Why? – Unequal pay, unequal education, unequal job opportunities, women denied some civil rights

13. Where do you think the US is?
#17  Why?

14. Category Explanation Example
Education
2. Political 
3. Economic 
4. Health A B. C. A.

15. B. How many females go to higher education Literacy Rate in Angola:
Category
Explanation
Example
Education
A. Literacy Rate
B. How many females go to higher education
Literacy Rate in Angola:
Men 81%
Women 46%

16. Total female heads of state:
Category
Explanation
Example
2. Political
A. Number of women in political office
B. Number of female heads of state
C. Rights (such as voting)
Total female heads of state:
11 out of about 180 countries
First Female President in India

17. C. Number of females in high-ranking jobs No equal pay in the US
Category
Explanation
Example
3. Economic
A. Female labor force
B. Wage (pay) equality
C. Number of females in high-ranking jobs
No equal pay in the US

18. A. Male vs. Female life expectancy
Category
Explanation
Example
4. Health
A. Male vs. Female life expectancy
B. Mortality rate
Life Expectancy in Mozambique:
Men 49
Women 50
NOTE: Women ALMOST ALWAYS have a higher life expectancy than men, in every country. In countries where the life expectancies are close, this is a bad sign
US Life Expectancy: Females 81, Males 76