| Gender and
Development
Gender – socially learned behavior and
expectations associated with the
two sexes. It also refers to the socially differentiated roles
and
characteristics attributed by a given culture to women and men.
Gender Issues and Concerns - issues, concerns and
problems arising
from the different roles by women and men, as well as
those that
arise from a questioning of the relationship between them.
Gender-Responsive Indicator System – a set of
statistical measurements for
monitoring the situation of women, relative to men in various
sectors and for determining whether development programs
respond to their problems and needs.
Gender-Responsive Development Training – the use
and integration of the
Gender and Development (GAD) framework into the entire
development planning cycle. It rests on the premise that
introducing
gender considerations makes development planning/programming
more "people oriented or people focused." Gender is one source
of
heterogeneity along with education, ethnicity, class and other
socio-demographic variables, all of which determine to a large
extent the manner by which development plans and programs/
projects impact on different groups of people.
Gender-Responsive Programs/Project – programs and
projects that
systematically incorporate or address gender concerns. They are
of
three types: a) integrated programs or projects; b) women’s
components; and c) for women only programs or projects.
Gender Roles – these concern the activities
ascribed to men and women
on the basis of perceived gender differences. While men are
mainly
identified with productive roles, women have a triple role: a
productive role; a reproductive (or domestic) role; and a
community managing role.
Gender roles and responsibilities vary between
cultures and can change
over time.
Sex - the genetic and physical or biological
identity of a person which
indicates whether one is male or female.
Violence Against Women (VAW) – any act of
gender-based violence
that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or
psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of
such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether
occurring in public or in private life. It encompasses all forms of
violation of women’s rights, including threats and reprisals,
exploitation, harassment and other forms of control.
Source: National Commission
on the Role of Filipino Women
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