The goal of CGSUK is to promote gender equity and equality
(especially within Sri Lankan universities). Gender equality is
the notion that there should be equal rights, responsibilities
and opportunities for women and men (and girls and boys).
Equality does not mean that women and men should be the same;
but that rights, responsibilities and opportunities should not
depend on whether people are born male or female. Gender equity
is the notion that the specific interests, needs and priorities
of both women and men should be taken into consideration. Equity
recognizes that men and women have differing interests, needs
and priorities depending on their biological sex and their
gendered life experiences. Furthermore, different groups of
women and men prioritize different issues from one another.
CGSUK is founded on the simultaneous conceptualization of gender
equity / equality. This means that both the similarities of
men’s and women’s life experiences as well as the differences in
their life experiences are take