Gender

“Gender refers to (...) the social attributes and opportunities associated with being male and female and the relationships between women and men and girls and boys, as well as the relations between women and those between men. These attributes, opportunities and relationships are socially constructed and are learned through socialization processes. They are context/ time-specific and changeable”. Source: UN Women. 2017. "Gender Equality Glossary". UN Women Training Centre Website. < https...

Gender analysis

"A critical examination of how differences in gender roles, activities, needs, opportunities and rights/entitlements affect men, women, girls and boys in certain situations or contexts. Gender analysis examines the relationships between females and males and their access to and control of resources and the constraints they face relative to each other. A gender analysis should be integrated into the humanitarian needs assessment and in all sector assessments or situational analyses to ensure...

Gender Based Violence (GBV)

"Gender Based Violence (GBV) is violence that is directed against a person on the basis of his or her gender. It constitutes a breach of the fundamental right to life, liberty, security, dignity, equality between women and men, non-discrimination and physical and mental integrity. Gender based violence reflects and reinforces inequalities between men and women. Gender based violence and violence against women (VAW) are often used interchangeably as most gender based violence is inflicted by men...

Gender equality

"The concept that women and men, girls and boys have equal conditions, treatment and opportunities for realizing their full potential, human rights and dignity, and for contributing to (and benefitting from) economic, social, cultural and political development. Gender equality is, therefore, the equal valuing by society of the similarities and the differences of men and women, and the roles they play. It is based on women and men being full partners in the home, community and society. Equality...

Gender equity

"The preferred terminology within the United Nations is gender equality, rather than gender equity.Gender equity denotes an element of interpretation of social justice, usually based on tradition, custom, religion or culture, which is most often to the detriment to women. Such use of equity in relation to the advancement of women has been determined to be unacceptable. During the Beijing conference in 1995 it was agreed that the term equality would be utilized". Source : United Nations Entity...

Gender identity

"The term ‘gender identity’, distinct from the term ‘sexual orientation’ refers to a person's innate, deeply felt psychological identification as a man, woman or some other gender, which may or may not correspond to the sex assigned to them at birth (e.g., the sex listed on their birth certificate). For transgender people, gender identity may differ from physical anatomy or expected social roles. It is important to note that gender identity, biological sex, and sexual orientation are separate...

Gender-responsive programming and policies

"Intentionally employing gender considerations to affect the design, implementation and results of programmes and policies. Gender-responsive programmes and policies reflect girls’ and women’s realities and needs, in components such as site selection, project staff, content, monitoring, etc. Gender-responsiveness means paying attention to the unique needs of females, valuing their perspectives, respecting their experiences, understanding developmental differences between girls and boys, women...

General revenue health systems

"Out-of-pocket spending is the most frequent way to pay for health services around the world. However, as a share of the total value of global health spending, it is eclipsed by social insurance, private insurance and general taxation. These latter forms of payment provide better financial protection for households because they are "prepaid" and pool health risks across individuals. Of these prepaid financing mechanisms, general government revenues are the most widespread, providing substantial...

Geographical targeting (targeting method)

“Geographical targeting selects different districts or villages or regions – often on the basis of poverty data where poverty is known to be chronic, or on the basis of other criteria (such as proneness to earthquakes, flooding etc where natural disasters are common and poverty may be more transitory.” Source : Slater, R. and Farrington, J. 2009. “Targeting of Social Transfers: A review for DFID”. Overseas Development Institute. < https://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/...

Gini coefficient

"A measure of inequality in income distribution, it expresses the size of the area between a theoretical perfect equality Lorenz curve (straight line) and the real concave Lorenz curve of a country or another entity to the size of the area under the equality line". Source : International Labour Organization. n.d. "Glossary". ILO. < https://www.social-protection.org/gimi/ShowGlossary.action?lettre=g&glosLang=EN >. Accessed 27 October 2020.