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gender sensitivity

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Aim of understanding and taking account of the societal and cultural factors involved in gender-based exclusion and discrimination in the most diverse spheres of public and private life. 

Additional notes and information

Sources

Based on Šribar, R. (2015), ‘Glossary of common terms in gender equality and feminist theory’, in M. Ule, R. Šribar and A. U. Venturini, eds., Gendering Science: Slovenian Surveys and Studies in the EU Paradigms, Vienna, Echoraum.

Relations

Related term:
gender blindness, gender mainstreaming
Narrower term:
gender dimension, gender perspective, gender proofing, gender-sensitive accountability, gender-sensitive budgeting, gender-sensitive institutional transformation, gender-sensitive language, gender-sensitive mediation, gender-sensitive monitoring and evaluation
URI: 
https://eige.europa.eu/taxonomy/term/1218?lang=en
Filed under: 
Decision-making and power
Inclusive decision-making
Governance
Law and justice
Governance
Politics and policy-making

 

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