Gender Sensitivity

Gender Sensitivity
Gender and Development
Power and Gender
Manifestations of Gender Bias
Gender Division of Labor
Gender Role Socialization
Sex and Gender

Sex and Gender Biological
• Unchanging characteristics
involving physiologic
mechanisms.
• Involves the interplay of

hormones, the
reproductive system, Universal
chromosomes and
gametes.
Congenital
Sex and Gender Social
• Based on societal
sanctions and
ascriptions
• Stereotypes play a big

role in shaping
Cultural
people’s idea of
gender and its norms.
Learned
Sex Roles vs. Gender Roles
Sex Roles correspond with

the biological
structure/characteristics of
a person.
Gender Roles are ascribed

by the society and are
usually, culturally inclined.
Let’s try this…
G S
STATEMENT
1. Women give birth to babies, men do
not.
2. Little girls are gentle, boys are rough.
3. According to UN statistics, women do
67% of the world’s work, yet their
earnings amount only to 10% of the
world’s income.
4. In the rural areas, women are paid
lower than the wage for men.
5. Women can breast-feed babies, men
can bottle-feed babies
G S
STATEMENT
6. Most-building site workers in the
Philippines are men.
7. In Ancient Egypt, men stayed at home and
did weaving. Women handled family business.
Women inherited property and men did not
8. Men’s voices break at puberty, women’s do
not.
9. In one study of 224 cultures, there were 5
in which men did all the cooking and 36 in
which women did all the house building.
10. In one documented case, a child who was
brought up as a girl, then learned that he was
actually a boy, his school marks improved
dramatically
Power and Gender
Gender Role
Socialization
Sex and Gender
Socialization Process and Social Control
Mechanisms
Includes ways by which society ENCOURAGES and makes

people CONFORM to its norms and expectations:
• it could be a social mechanism by which a group or
community exercises its dominion over component
individuals and enforces conformity to its norms.
• it could consist of institutions such as laws, customs,
folkways, and fashion that strongly influence individual
behaviors so that these would conform to group demands.
Institutions that Affect Gender Socialization
Family School
-Manipulation
-Canalization
-Verbal Appellation
-Activity Exposure
Church Media
Society
-Language
-Customs
-Traditions
Power and Gender
Gender Division of
Labor
Sex and Gender

Gender Roles
Productive Role Reproductive Role
Job Household Chores
Income-generating Activities Child-rearing
Paid Unpaid
Visible Invisible
Valued Not Valued
Community Level Roles

Power, Gender, and

Development
Manifestations of
Gender Bias
Sex and Gender

Stereotyping Marginalization
Subordination Multiple Burden
Violence
Against Women
Power and Gender
Sex and Gender

Power
The faculty of doing or

performing something.
Power to Power with
Creative and Characterized by
enabling; individual collective organization
aspect of by a common purpose
empowerment or understanding
Power within Power Over

An either/or
Characterized by
relationship of
spiritual strength
domination/
and uniqueness
subordination
Implication on a Gender Context
Women and Men are socialized differently and

often function in different spheres of the
community, although there is overlap and
interdependence.
AS A RESULT: women and men have different:

• Life experience
• Knowledge
• Perspective
• Priorities
Is it just women who can be gender sensitive?
No
Anyone can be
gender-sensitive.
How can you say that one is gender sensitive?
You are gender sensitive if/ when:
You respect every person/ individual regardless of age, ability,(physical or

mental), belief/religion, educational attainment, race, ethnic group, status in
society, marital status, region of origin, color, sexual orientation and gender
identity.
You recognize that there is inequality between men and
women that can be passed on from one generation to the next.
You recognize that this inequality in the home, in the

community and institutions should be changed.
You work towards the transformation of such inequality in the

home, in the community and institutions.
Gender and
Development
Power and Gender
Sex and Gender

• Gender roles stereotyping and consequent subordination
of women to men is a deterrent to development.
• Gender issues and concerns are often overlooked in
development process .
• It is important for a development practitioners to determine
practical and strategic needs borne out of a gender analysis so
that appropriate interventions will impact and benefit women
and men.
• The GAD approach seeks not only to integrate women into
development, but to look for the potential in development
initiatives to… TRANSFORM UNEQUAL GENDER RELATIONS
and EMPOWER WOMEN.
Why GAD?
GAD is about being faithful to the principle that:
Development is for all!!!
Fairness and Equity demands that

everyone in society, whether male or female
has the right to the same opportunities to
achieve a full and satisfying life
Further...
• GAD is about recognizing that gender

biases impede development because:
- they prevent people from attaining their full

potentials (which will enable them to become
effective contributors to development).
WHAT IS GAD, then?
• GAD is a major advance in development theory and

practice.
• It has grown out of attempts to understand both the

ongoing inequality between women and men and the
failure of countless development and women’s
projects.
• GAD is about recognizing that gender biases impede
development.
AND DELIBERATELY ADDRESSES THEM…
In the process of developing,

budgeting, implementing,
monitoring and evaluating
programs, projects and services,
particularly in government
agencies.
GAD is a development perspective that
recognizes the different roles, interests and
needs of women and men.
It reflects a change in focus from women and

their exclusion from development initiatives
to the REATIONS OF INEQUALITY BETWEEN
WOMEN AND MEN
WHY US?
Gender issues affect all of us. But instead
of solving them, we all contribute to their
perpetuation.
Everyone who believes in the vision of

attaining a full and satisfying life for all
has an obligation to help pursue GAD.
WHY US?
We are mandated by international treaties/

commitments, laws and policies.
We are custodians of people’s trust and

resources.. We have the power, knowledge,
skills and resources to make development
work for everybody.
Spread the
words of GAD!
Thank you!

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Gender Sensitivity

Gender and Development

Power and Gender

Manifestations of Gender Bias

Gender Division of Labor

Gender Role Socialization

Sex and Gender

• Involves the interplay of

• Stereotypes play a big

Sex Roles correspond with

Gender Roles are ascribed

Power and Gender

Manifestations of Gender Bias

Gender Division of Labor

Includes ways by which society ENCOURAGES and makes

Power and Gender

Manifestations of Gender Bias

Sex and Gender

Income-generating Activities Child-rearing

Valued Not Valued

Community Level Roles

Power, Gender, and

Gender Role Socialization

Sex and Gender

Subordination Multiple Burden

Power and Gender

Manifestations of Gender Bias

Gender Division of Labor

Gender Role Socialization

Sex and Gender

The faculty of doing or

Power within Power Over

Women and Men are socialized differently and

AS A RESULT: women and men have different:

You respect every person/ individual regardless of age, ability,(physical or

You recognize that this inequality in the home, in the

You work towards the transformation of such inequality in the

Manifestations of Gender Bias

Gender Division of Labor

Gender Role Socialization

Sex and Gender

GAD is about being faithful to the principle that:

Development is for all!!!

Fairness and Equity demands that

• GAD is about recognizing that gender

- they prevent people from attaining their full

• GAD is a major advance in development theory and

• It has grown out of attempts to understand both the

In the process of developing,

It reflects a change in focus from women and

Everyone who believes in the vision of

We are mandated by international treaties/

We are custodians of people’s trust and

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