1. Regional trends Jens Wandel Deputy Regional Director & Regional Centre Director International Conference on WOMEN and GOVERNANCE Istanbul, December 1-3, 2008 United Nations Development Programme

2. Millennium Summit 2000 189 world leaders committed to gender equality & empowerment of women

3. Regional Comparison of Women’s political participation in Lower House of Parliament in EECIS Region 1989, 1994 and 2008

4. Geopolitical Map of Women’s Political Participation in EECIS Region in 1994 note: shading indicates numbers increasing from light to dark

5. Geopolitical Map of Women’s Political Participation in EECIS Region in 2008 note: shading indicates numbers increasing from light to dark

6. Women in Ministerial positions 2008

7. Line graph of Women’s Political Participation in EECIS Region 1989, 1994 and 2008 Data IDEA Graphics Marcella Veneziani

8. Women’s Political Participation in EU, Accession Countries, Associate d Countries, 1989, 1994 and 2008 Data IDEA Graphics Marcella Veneziani

9. Women’s Political Participation in CIS countries 1989, 1994 and 2008 Data IDEA Graphics Marcella Veneziani

10. HIV AIDS shift in trajectory of the epidemic 40% of newly registered HIV cases WOMEN 50% of women infected by their male partners and only 35% through injection drug use uncovering fundamental gender issues factors rooted deeply in imbalanced gender relations between men and women SOURCE: Regional Human Development Report on AIDS: Living with HIV in Eastern Europe and the CIS: The Human Cost of Social Exclusion. UNDP BRC & Oxford University. (2008, forthcoming)

11. Trends in two countries with the majority of people living with HIV in the region: RUSSIA SOURCE: Regional Human Development Report on AIDS: Living with HIV in Eastern Europe and the CIS: The Human Cost of Social Exclusion. UNDP BRC & Oxford University. (2008, forthcoming)