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Understanding Gender Discrimination Factors

Gender discrimination involves the prejudicial treatment of individuals based on their gender, most often affecting women. It is seen through differential treatment in areas like income, resources, and participation in decision making. Gender discrimination stems from factors like prejudice against women through gender stereotypes, traditional gender roles that promote male dominance, and religions where women's rights are suppressed. The document also discusses gender-fair language, preferences, and LGBT and same sex marriage in relation to gender and development.

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Understanding Gender Discrimination Factors

Gender discrimination involves the prejudicial treatment of individuals based on their gender, most often affecting women. It is seen through differential treatment in areas like income, resources, and participation in decision making. Gender discrimination stems from factors like prejudice against women through gender stereotypes, traditional gender roles that promote male dominance, and religions where women's rights are suppressed. The document also discusses gender-fair language, preferences, and LGBT and same sex marriage in relation to gender and development.

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Gender and Development

Gender Sensitivity
Gender Discrimination
• Differential treatment of individual on the basis of their gender. In
many societies, this involves systematic and structural discrimination
against women in the distribution of income, access to resources and
participation in decision making process (access to opportunities). It is
the prejudicial treatment of a person on the basis of gender
stereotype.

• Predominantly an issue for women


Factors of Gender Discrimination
1. Prejudice- pre-judgment or false belief about some person or group
in advance.

2. Traditional gender roles- male dominance in the society and


suppressing woman’s right.

3. Religion- women are suffering in countries where religion is law.


Gender-Fair Language
Gender Preferences
LGBT and Same Sex Marriage

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