Description

Legislation that is drafted in universal terms, ignoring gender-specific situations and power relations between women and men that underpin sex-and gender-based discrimination, including gender-based violence against women.

 

Additional notes and information

The scrutiny of gender-neutral laws that treat women and men alike is necessary in order to evaluate whether they will hinder or accelerate gender equality and eliminate sex- and gender-based discrimination.

Sources

Definition developed by EIGE experts.