Description
Different notions of what it means to be a woman, including patterns of conduct linked to a women’s assumed place in a given set of gender roles and relations.
See also: masculinities
Additional notes and information
It involves questioning the values and norms that traditionally apply to women’s behaviour in a given society, identifying and addressing issues connected to women’s and girls’ subordination as well as related discriminatory gender stereotypes that sustain gender inequality.
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Definition developed by EIGE experts.