9 Fact Sheet July 2012 Gender equality Gender blind Gender equality means equal participation of women and A policy, program, project or service that ignores gender and men in all spheres of public and private life. Gender therefore incorporates biases that may be in favour of existing equality is about society giving equal value to the unequal relations. similarities and differences between women and men, and the varying roles they play. The experience of inequality is by no means confined to women. Differences occur between both sexes on questions of race, sexuality, class, World Health Organisation, Mainstreaming gender equity in health: the need to move forward, WHO regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, 2002. age, disability and geography. But on key questions of United Nations, Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement economic security, health, wellbeing and political of Women (OSAGI), gendermainstreaming.htm participation within and across cultures women more – – commonly experience greater disadvantage and Gender mainstreaming discrimination relative to men. Gender analysis Gender mainstreaming is a process that ensures: that gender perspectives and attention to the goal … Gender analysis is a method of assessing difference in the of gender equality are central to all activities policy – lives of women and men and the impacts that policies, development, research, advocacy/dialogue, programs and services may have. Implementing gender legislation, resource allocation, and planning, analysis therefore provides more equitable access for both implementation and monitoring of programmes and groups, by also taking into account variables such as projects.2 socio- economic status, age, family structure, ability and cultural and linguistic background. Sex disaggregated data Gender sensitive Information that is cross-classified by sex, presenting information separately for females and males, girls and A policy, program or service that recognises that women and boys in order to identify, understand and respond to men are constrained in different and often unequal ways as issues as experienced by both sexes. potential participants and beneficiaries.
July 2012 Fact Sheet 9 Gender equality Gender equality means equal participation of women and men in all spheres of public and private life. Gender equality is about society giving equal value to the similarities and differences between women and men, and the varying roles they play. The experience of inequality is by no means confined to women. Differences occur between both sexes on questions of race, sexuality, class, age, disability and geography. But on key questions of economic security, health, wellbeing and political participation – within and across cultures – women more commonly experience greater disadvantage and discrimination relative to men. Gender analysis Gender analysis is a method of assessing difference in the lives of women and men and the impacts that policies, programs and services may have. Implementing gender analysis therefore provides more equitable access for both groups, by also taking into account variables such as socio- economic status, age, family structure, ability and cultural and linguistic background. Gender sensitive A policy, program or service that recognises that women and men are constrained in different and often unequal ways as potential participants and beneficiaries. Gender blind A policy, program, project or service that ignores gender and therefore incorporates biases that may be in favour of existing unequal relations. World Health Organisation, Mainstreaming gender equity in health: the need to move forward, WHO regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, 2002. United Nations, Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI), gendermainstreaming.htm Gender mainstreaming Gender mainstreaming is a process that ensures: … that gender perspectives and attention to the goal of gender equality are central to all activities – policy development, research, advocacy/dialogue, legislation, resource allocation, and planning, implementation and monitoring of programmes and projects.2 Sex disaggregated data Information that is cross-classified by sex, presenting information separately for females and males, girls and boys in order to identify, understand and respond to issues as experienced by both sexes.