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Gender equality is achieved when women and men enjoy the same rights and opportunities
across all sectors of society, including economic participation and decision-making, and when the
different behaviours, aspirations and needs of women and men are equally valued and favoured.

https://www.youthdoit.org/themes/sexual-and-reproductive-healthand-rights-are-human-
rights/gender-and-gender-roles/

Sex refers to the biological characteristics of men and women. In contrast, gender refers to
socially defined roles and behaviours for men and women.
NORMS - gender roles of men and women are expected to perform within society or even within
the family.
GENDER CLICHES
Women are nurses, not doctors
Men are doctors, not nurses
Women are supposed to cook and do house work
Men are supposed to have a job
Women are caring and friendly
Men are tough and messy
Women are followers
Men are leaders
Women should look pretty
Men should be good in sports
Gender equality is a basic human right and described as; “all human beings are born equal”.
Example:

 Equal access to education

 Equal access to mobility

 Equal job opportunities and salaries

https://www.theedadvocate.org/3-signs-gender-discrimination-classroom-need-know/
There are 3 signs of gender discrimination in the classroom that you need to know which are behavioral
discriminations, achievement discrimination, and developmental discrimination.
In the past the dominant belief was that a woman’s place was in the home, so girls didn’t need the same level
and type of education as boys. And in many professions, women weren’t welcome and were told they couldn’t
possibly handle the work.

Today, girls and women have many more opportunities. Women make up a large percentage (sometimes the
majority) of college and university enrollment, and they have access to professions that were traditionally male
dominated. Although great strides have been made in the realm of women’s equality, there is still a long way
to go, hampered by the problem of cultural stereotypes that affect boys and girls from the day they are born.
Examples include: pink clothes for girls and blue for boys; dolls for girls and trucks for boys; girls can cry, but
boys cannot; and dance class for girls and football for boys.
Research shows many differences in the way boys and girls are treated in the classroom.
-Teachers tend to pay more attention to boys than girls by having more interactions with them. They tolerate
behavior in boys that they don’t tolerate in girls, and they tend to provide boys with more criticism and praise.
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