Pehaps the most immediate and effective help is coming from International nongovernmental organizations, which are on the front lines of the fight against gender-based discrimination in Guatemala.

CNN: Impact Your World

Obstacles to girls enrolling in or completing school include harmful practices such as early marriage and pregnancy, gender stereotyping and gender-based violence, as well as discrimination in the learning environment that overlaps with poverty and geographic isolation, as well as wider forms of injustice against women and girls.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

And for more than a decade, Wal-Mart has been battling several claims against pay discrimination based on gender.

FORBES: It's About Equal Pay, Not Binders And Opportunity

There was a report a week ago that the Labor Department and other agencies had already given their thumbs-up to an executive order that would bar -- that would expand the existing executive order barring discrimination in federal contracting based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and that the issue is at the White House for review.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

He claimed this had created a two-tier system with some employees who were facing dismissal threatening to make claims against their employer based on gender or racial discrimination to win a larger payout.

BBC: Tribunals (Maximum Compensation Awards) Bill