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Gender awareness raising plays an important role in informing women and men about gender equality, the benefits of a more gender-equal society and the consequences of gender inequality.

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Gender sensitivity is the act of being sensitive to the ways people think about gender.helps generate respect for the individual regardless of sex. It is about pitting women against men. The concept of gender sensitivity is a way to reduce the barriers caused due to discrimination and gender bias.

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Gender refers to the characteristics of women, men, girls and boys that are socially constructed. This includes norms, behaviours and roles associated with being a woman, man, girl or boy, as well as relationships with each other. As a social construct, gender varies from society to society and can change over time.

* What is masculine or feminine
* Socially determined
* Culturally defined
* Refers to learned behavior
* Little girls are mostly gentle, and little boys are tough
* Most building site workers are men
* Changeable
* Not born with

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“Sex” refers to the physical differences between people who are male, female, or intersex. A person typically has their sex assigned at birth based on physiological characteristics, including their genitalia and chromosome composition. This assigned sex is called a person’s “natal sex”.

* What makes one a male or female
* Biologically determined
* Refers to physical characteristic
* Women have uterus and become pregnant
* Men have underdeveloped breasts
* Women give birth to babies, men do not
* Can’t be change
* Born with

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* The role that a person is expected to perform as a result of being male or female in a particular culture
* It determines how male and female should think, speak, dress, and interact within the context of society
* Are not in born but accepted in the society
* Learned in early stages of childhood and further determined as time goes by
* This become gender issues once it block people’s capacity to do and to be

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Gender sensitivity often gets expressed through  people's language choice.
We can choose more inclusive language and use  words that  are gender neutral.
Gender discriminatory words are not innocent by making women non-apparent, society will  see them as possessing less value.

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Gender equity is the equal treatment or treatment that might be considered equivalent in terms of rights, benefits, obligations, and opportunities.

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Equity leads to Equality. Gender equality requires equal enjoyment by women and men of socially-valued goods, opportunities, resources and rewards. Where gender inequality exists, it is generally women who are excluded or disadvantaged in relation to decision-making and access to economic and social resources.

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Gender equality means that an individual's rights, responsibilities and opportunities will not be determined by the sex they are assigned at birth. Gender equality prevents violence against women and girls. It's essential for economic prosperity. Societies that value women and men as equal are safer and healthier.