Topic: 2024-Gender Equality in Rural Areas
Country: Peru
Delegate Name: Pearl Chandel
How women are treated is unjustifiable; due to unfair education for women, domestic abuse from women’s partners, and violence brought against them when voting. Due to the rigged education system against women, over 33% are illiterate. Relationships for women can be dangerous for them. On average of the 49% of the population of women, 61% of them have experienced some type of domestic abuse from their partners Ranging in age from 15 to 49. One out of three women have endured emotional violence from their husbands, and one out of ten women are victims of sexual abuse. Studies have shown that non-native Spanish speakers are more likely to have been victims of abuse than native Spanish speakers.
Violence from political views is not the only reason why women experience violence.
Women in Peru suffer when it comes to gender equality in rural areas. When voting in the early years of women’s suffrage, women were threatened if they tried to exercise their right to vote. Apart from being threatened with violence, most women were uneducated about their right to vote. They also had little money to travel to polls and use their voice to vote for who they thought would benefit them. We enacted the right for women to vote on September, 7th 1955. The adviser on gender issues and human rights in Peru’s Ministry of Women and Social Development had said in March 2002 that they would be increasing the age limit to get married to a girl. The age had been increased from 14 to 16 to be the same age as boys. When Covid-19 hit Peru experienced an increase in Gender-Based-Violence. The domestic violence hotline for women to call had an increase of 48%. Peru’s effort to decrease the need for these calls is to have better and more comprehensive training on emergency management and development with protocol for the hotline operators as well as first responders. Improved software and equipment were also added to improve the quality of the hotline. Peru’s education system has improved from 2008 to 2018 with enrollment almost doubling. Peru’s education grew faster than any other country in Latin America. From 2000 to 2019 active universities also grew from 74 to 139 universities. This is due to the economics that was going on at this time, due to rising numbers in raw materials like copper, silver, and zinc. This boosted their economy around the twenty-first century and continues to grow.
Peru believes in more educational resources for adult women and little girls alike. Peruvian women have suffered from the lack of education causing them not to have opportunities that men would have. Education is one of the major keys to success in this world and when we don’t open it up to every human, no matter the gender, society is set up for failure. Peru also thinks we should open up support centers for women who are in unsafe and abusive relationships to prevent any further damage to their mental and physical well-being. The right to vote for women is just as important as it is for men to vote. To improve the safety of women when voting we encourage women to travel with a trusted person or travel in groups. To help women be able to vote more easily we will bring the voting to them by sending ballots to them so they too can choose their futures.
