COMMON TERMINOLOGIES USED IN GENDER

 • Sex

It refers to the biological differences between a male and female.

• Culture

It refers to more permanent rules, ways of behaving and thinking of people in a given community.

• Society

Is an organized body of people sharing common beliefs, attitudes and modes of action within a given social/political boundary.

• Division of labour

There are assumptions that there are things men can do or cannot do and which women must or must not do. The result is that in many societies women tend to end up with a heavier work load than men.

• Labour market

Occupational discrimination in employment (hiring, tenure and promotion) and in lack of child care facilities may discourage career aspirations in women and limit their contribution to development. Many times they are given subordinate positions even if they have the same qualifications which men for the reason that they have a double role, that is, of home care and their profession. This is demoralizing to women.

• Access

It is the means or right to obtain services, products, e.t.c. Gender gaps in access to resources and services is one of the obstacles to women development.

• Conscientization

It is the process of becoming aware of the extent to which problems arise not so much from an individual’s inadequacies, but rather from the system discrimination against a social group which put all group members at a disadvantage.

• Empowerment

It is the process by which people take control of and action in order to overcome obstacles. The collective action by the oppressed and deprived to overcome the obstacles of structural inequality which have previously put women in a disadvantaged position.

• Gender stereotyping

It is the constant portrayal, such as in the media or in books, or women and men occupying social roles according to traditional gender division of labour.

• Patriarchy

It is the male domination of ownership and control at all level in society which maintains and operates the system of gender discrimination.

• Patriarchy resistance

This refers to the various ways patriarchal government or authority try to stop or resist women’s collective action for an equal share in decision making and equal control over the distribution of resources.

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