UNIT 8.0

TOPIC: GENDER CONCEPT AND GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

Instructional Materials

• White board and maker

• Projector/ Laptop

• Videos

Teaching methods

• Lecture 

• Discussion

• Brainstorming  

• Q&A

Type of Assessment

• Assignments

• Essay 

Learning Objectives; At the end of the lesson, learners will be able to

•  Define Gender

•  Explain gender mainstreaming

•  Identify gender-based violence

•  Discuss existing gender policies and guidelines

8.1 Gender Mainstreaming

Is the systematic integration of the respective needs, interests and priorities of men and women in all the organization’s policies and activities, this rejects the idea that gender is a separate issue and something to be tacked on as an afterthought.

8.1.1 Gender 

It is a socially constructed set of roles and responsibilities associated with being girl and boy or women and men, and in some cultures a third or other gender.

Gender roles vary greatly in different societies, cultures and historical periods as well as they depend also on socio-economic factors, age, education, ethnicity and religion

8.1.2 Sex

Are biological characteristics, (including genetics, anatomy and physiology) that generally define humans as female or male; Note that these biological characteristics are not mutually exclusive; however, there are individuals who possess both male and female characteristics.

8.1.3 Gender Equality

The state or condition that affords women and men equal enjoyment of human rights, socially valued goods, opportunities and resources, allowing both sexes the same opportunities and potential to contribute to, and benefit from, all spheres of society (economic, political, social, and cultural)

8.1.4 Gender Equity

Justice and fairness in the treatment of women and men in order to eventually achieve gender equality, often requesting differential treatment of women and men (or specific measures) in order to compensate for the historical and social disadvantages that prevent women and men from sharing a level playing field.

8.1.5 Gender Role

The sets of behaviour, roles and responsibilities attributed to women and men respectively by society which are reinforced at the various levels of the society through its political and educational institutions and systems, employment patterns, norms and values, and through the family.