Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
POPULATION STUDIES
Dr. Ebenezer Malcalm
Introduction: definitions
Key Concept in Gender Perspectives
Gender
Sex
Gender Analysis
Gender relations
Gender issues
Women issues
Gender inequality
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Introduction:
definitions
Key Concept in Gender Perspectives
Gender Parity Index
Gender Gaps
Gender Development Index (GDI)
Gender aware planning/gender
mainstreaming
Introduction: definitions
Gender
Gender is a socio-cultural construct of the
society that determines the identity, roles
or obligations/duties, and entitlements of
women and men and girls and boys in the
society.
It therefore defines women and mens
position in their society. Gender
classification changes with time, space and
needs of a society
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Introduction: definitions
Sex
Sex is a biological identification of
females and males based on their
physiological characteristics. Sex
characteristics are natural and
determined during conception; compared
to gender which identifies qualities that
are shaped through the history of social
relations and interactions in society
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Introduction: definitions
Gender relations
Gender relations are social-cultural
relationships between men and women in
a given society. They are socially
constructed and not derived from biology.
Gender relations distinguish social
relations between men and women from
those characteristics which can be
derived from biological differences
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Introduction:
definitions
Gender inequality
Gender inequality means unequal access to
resources and benefits by women and men
and therefore holds back the growth of
individuals in society
Gender gaps
Gender gaps refer to the differences
between women and men in relation to their
participation in and benefits from different
socio-economic sectors. Gender gaps come
about as a result of unequal power relations
between women and men and between boys
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and girls
Introduction: definitions
The gender gap measures the magnitude of
disparities and is normally computed in
percentage points or the difference between
percentage for females and percentage for males.
Gender Parity Index
Gender Parity Index (GPI) is a socioeconomic
index usually designed to measure the relative
access to education for both females and males.
It is calculated as the ratio of the number of
female students enrolled at primary, secondary
and tertiary levels of education to the number of
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male students in each level
Introduction: definitions
Gender analysis
This is the process of examining roles and
responsibilities or any other situation in
regard to women, men, boys and girls, with
a view to identifying gaps, raising concern
and addressing them, investigating and
identifying specific needs for policy and
programme
development
and
implementation
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Introduction: definitions
Gender-Aware Planning
This is the process of taking gender
into consideration (gender
mainstreaming) in development
planning; planning with women/girls
and men/boys in mind.
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Introduction: definitions
Gender issues
Gender issues refers to opportunities,
challenges and constraints that affect both
women, men, girls and boys in the society.
Gender issues are not synonymous with
womens issues
Womens issues
Women issues refer to opportunities,
challenges and constraints that affect
women/girls only
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Gender dimensions
Gender dimensions by key demographic
parameters
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Gender Dimensions in
Education
Data required:
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Gender dimensions in
Labour force
Data required:
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Gender Dimensions in
Disability
Data required:
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Number
Female
682,651
51.3
Male
647,715
48.7
Total
1,330,366
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MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT
GOALS CTD.