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GENDER EQUITY

Contents

What is gender equity?Movements of Gender Equity.Why does Gender inequality exist?Gender Equity Barriers.How to attain gender equity?Gender Equity and religious paradigms.Why just females’ marginalization?Pathways towards sustainable gender equityFor or against gender equity?Goals and objective of the presentation.Basic Questions

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What is Gender Equity?

According to Oxford dictionary the word ‘Equity’ means fairness, righteousness and justness

Gender equity means fairness, righteousness in the distribution of benefits and responsibilities between two genders regardless of any gender discrimination of man and woman.

Movements of Gender Equity

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UN, 1949.

CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women).

 GAD (Gender and Development model)UN Gender Mainstreaming Policy &

Strategy, 2006

Why do Gender Inequalities exist?

Gender inequalities exist because of discrimination in;

1) Family2) Society3) Culture4) Religious norms5) Societal institutions6) Biological views

Gender Equity Barriers

Patriarchal SocietiesPovertyWomen are largely relegated to vulnerable of

employment, hence disturbing the gender equilibrium.

Violence against women continues to undermine effort to reach all goals of gender equity.

Unequal distribution of opportunities and education.

Fewer social benefits.

How to attain gender equity?

By achieving equitable access to: adequate food and basic needs to increase personal

security. Balance in sustainable development decision-

making. By creating equal economic opportunities. By equitable access to life resources. By controlling gender-blind policies By changing the power structure between women

and men as well as in the ideologies and institutions that preserve and reproduce gender inequality.

Gender equity and Religious paradigms

Religion (at its best) can act as a significant counterweight to support hegemonic institutions of the state , market, society and culture to perpetuate any ideology regarding gender discrimination and gender equity.

Why just females’ marginalization?

The emphasis with in the rights frameworks lay on

protection of the individual rather than groups

rights, but through out the history due to

patriarchal setups of the society the issue of

gender inequality highlights limitations of the

rights and marginalization of females rather then

males.

Pathways toward sustainable Gender equity

Physical security.Eradication of gender based violence.Guaranteeing legal identity.Enabling access to and control over

resources.Providing access to decent work and

livelihoods.Ensuring access to public services.

Pathways toward sustainable Gender equity

Guaranteeing access to information.Facilitating access to information.Facilitating access to justice.Measuring social inclusion and access to

Rights.Valuing social cohesion and diversity.

Far or against Gender Equity?

The Acceptance Continuum of Audience /Listeners

1. Leaders who are committed to change and

will work hard for it. 2. Supporters who will help but not lead. 3. Fence-sitters who won’t do anything to help

or to hinder. 4. Skeptics who may passively resist the

change. 5. Resisters who will actively work against the

change.

Goal / Objective of the Presentation

It is not necessary for everyone to agree to make

substantial gender equity progress but our main

goal is to move everyone one step up the ladder in

order to construct social change by dismantling

gender in equality in society and at least to make

everyone think and ponder upon this issue.

Basic Questions!!!

What is gender equity?Why it is so important?What are social and cultural upheavals

regarding gender discrimination?How to achieve gender equity?How gender equity can be helpful in

achieving social equilibrium?