"A state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender."
Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls.
Gender: Understanding the concept of gender and the different social, cultural, economic, and political factors that shape it.
Feminism: A social movement that advocates for equality between genders, primarily focusing on advocating for women's rights and addressing gender-based discrimination.
Patriarchy: A system of social organization where men hold power and privilege, leading to the oppression and subordination of women and non-binary individuals.
Gender roles: A set of social expectations and norms that dictate the appropriate behavior, attitudes, and characteristics of individuals based on their perceived gender.
Masculinity and femininity: The socially constructed characteristics and traits that are traditionally associated with men and women, respectively.
Intersectionality: Understanding how different forms of oppression and discrimination intersect and impact individuals who hold multiple identities, such as women of color, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and disabled women.
Gender-based violence: Any form of violence, such as physical, sexual, emotional, or economic abuse, that is directed towards individuals based on their gender or perceived gender.
Women's health: Addressing the unique health needs and challenges faced by women, such as reproductive health, maternal health, and access to healthcare.
Women's economic empowerment: Addressing gender-based economic disparities by expanding women's access to education, job training, and employment opportunities.
Women's political participation: Encouraging and empowering women's involvement in politics and decision-making processes at all levels.
Gender mainstreaming: Introducing gender perspectives into policies, programs, and projects to ensure that they benefit all genders equally.
Gender stereotypes: Preconceived notions and beliefs about what is appropriate behavior and roles for men and women, which can create bias and reinforce gender-based discrimination.
Gender pay gap: The disparity between the wages earned by men and women, which is influenced by multiple factors, including discrimination and occupational sex segregation.
Men's role in gender equality: Encouraging men and boys to become allies in advancing gender equality and addressing toxic masculinity.
Gender-based discrimination: Treating individuals differently based on their gender, leading to unequal access to opportunities, resources, and treatment.
Gender identity: An individual's internal sense of their gender, which may or may not align with the sex they were assigned at birth.
LGBTQIA+ rights: Addressing discrimination, harassment, and violence faced by individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, or asexual.
Access to education: Ensuring that all individuals, regardless of their gender, have access to quality education and training opportunities.
Gender and the environment: Understanding how gender-based discrimination and inequalities impact the environment, and how environmental degradation and crisis disproportionately affect women and marginalized individuals.
Gender-sensitive language: Using language that is inclusive, respectful, and non-discriminatory towards all genders.
Economic gender equality: This refers to equal economic opportunities for men and women, including access to education and training, equal pay for equal work, and opportunities for career development.
Political gender equality: This involves equal representation of men and women in political leadership positions at all levels, including representation in decision-making processes related to development and policy-making.
Social gender equality: This focuses on reducing social gender stereotypes and promoting gender sensitivity, tolerance and inclusiveness in society, including in media, advertising and education.
Environmental gender equality: This involves the integration of gender perspectives in environmental policies, as well as the recognition of the contributions of women to sustainable resource management and climate change mitigation.
Cultural gender equality: This refers to the promotion of gender-sensitive cultural norms and customs, as well as the protection of women’s and girls’ cultural rights.
Legal gender equality: This involves the removal of discriminatory laws and regulations, as well as the development and implementation of gender-sensitive legal frameworks to ensure equal rights and opportunities for men and women.
Reproductive gender equality: This focuses on ensuring that women have access to reproductive health care, and that they have control over their own reproductive choices.
Gender-responsive budgeting: This involves the allocation of public resources in a way that addresses gender inequalities and promotes gender equality.
Data-driven gender equality: This involves the collection and analysis of sex-disaggregated data to better understand and address gender inequalities.
Workplace gender equality: This focuses on creating safe and supportive work environments, as well as policies and practices that promote gender equality in the workplace.
"Gender neutrality and gender equity."
"Gender parity."
"To achieve equal representation and valuing different behaviors, aspirations, and needs equally, regardless of gender."
"Gender equality is strongly tied to women's rights."
"Harmful practices against women and girls, including sex trafficking, femicide, wartime sexual violence, gender wage gap, and other oppression tactics."
"Sex trafficking, femicide, wartime sexual violence, gender wage gap, and other oppression tactics."
"Less access to property ownership, credit, training, and employment."
"Archaic stereotypes labeling women as child-bearers and homemakers, rather than breadwinners of the family."
"They are far less likely than men to be politically active."
"Women are more likely to be victims of domestic violence."
"Gender equality is the fifth of seventeen sustainable development goals (SDG 5) of the United Nations."
"Gender inequality is measured annually by the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Reports."
"Gender equality does not require that girls and boys, or women and men, be treated exactly alike."
"Enjoying the same rights, resources, opportunities, and protections by women, men, girls, and boys."
"Gender equality does not require that girls and boys, or women and men, be the same."
"Gender equality often requires policy changes."
"As of 2017, the global movement for gender equality has not incorporated the proposition of genders besides women and men, or gender identities outside of the gender binary."
"Women are still much more likely than men to be poor and illiterate."
"Less access to property ownership, credit, training, and employment."