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gender awareness

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Ability to view society from the perspective of gender roles and understand how this has affected women’s needs in comparison to the needs of men.

See also: gender sensitivity

Sources

United Nations Fund for Women – Unifem (n.d.), Engendering Economic Governance. Available at: http://www1.aucegypt.edu/src/engendering/definitions.html

Ryšiai

Related term:
gender analysis, gender equality competence
Broader term:
gender socialisation
URI: 
https://eige.europa.eu/taxonomy/term/1147?lang=en
Filed under: 
Social affairs
Gender norms

 

The concepts and definitions found in this glossary were published in 2016, and some may be out-of-date. EIGE is currently looking into which terms may need to be updated in the future.