HiT Inequality Workshop Intro 2023

What school are you coming from?

What is the definition of war?

• "a fight or an effort over a long period of time to get rid of or stop something unpleasant"

• “a conflict between political groups involving hostilities of considerable duration and magnitude.”

• "a situation in which two or more countries or groups of people fight against each other over a period of time"

• "generally defined as violent conflict between states or nations."

Answer explanation

While these are worded differently, they all mean the same thing: a violent conflict between two or more regions

As of 2022, how much of the world's population lives in a conflict-affected area?

• 500 million

• 975 million

• 2 billion

• 3 billion

True or False?: There are 17 current wars, or armed conflicts currently happening

• True

• False

Answer explanation

As of April 2022, there are at least 27 live conflicts right now

As of 2023, how many countries have some form of mandatory military service?

• 18

• 26

• 53

• 85

Of those 85 countries, there are at least how many that only require male military service?

• 16

• 32

• 48

• 63

What do you think "intersectionality" means?

Answer explanation

It is an analytical framework that sees the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender and understands where they overlap and are interdependent in and of each other.

True or False?: Women and men experience war in the same way

• True

• False

Where are you from?

• Vancouver

• Burnaby

• Surrey

• Somewhere else in BC

• Outside BC or International