1. How could the situation of women refugees improve if there were increased representation by women, and if there were more women administrators?

2. Many cultures or groups are typified by a world view. A world view relates to how a culture sees itself and its members within the world. Art, philosophy, science, and government are all influenced by its members world view. How do you think your world view would change if women represented half the members of your governing body.

3. Ask the students

• Is the head of state/government in your country a man or a woman?
• Has a woman ever been the head of state/government in your country?
• What is the highest office held by a woman in your country?
• Can you name a woman head of state currently in office?
• Why do you think there are and there have been so few women in positions of power?
• As heads of state, would women make different decisions than men?
• Would it make a difference in the world -- in the poverty, violence and inequality that afflict the world -- if there were more women in parliaments and other national and international bodies?
• Summarize the points made by the Expert Group Meeting. What would the response of the experts be to the last two questions? Would you agree?

4. Divide the class into groups of three or four. Assign each group a female character that typifies a region in conflict. Have the group research the conflict and write a fictious biography of the character.

5. Conduct research from various recognized online news resources. Locate articles from conflicts in the last twenty years that demonstrate women's roles in the conflict.