awareness about gender project introduction and procedure, observations
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Gender awareness raising plays an important role in informing women and men about gender equality, the benefits of a more gender-equal society and the consequences of gender inequality. ... Gender awareness raising intends to change attitudes, behaviours and beliefs that reinforce inequalities between women and men
**Gender Concepts and Definitions
•Sex refers to biologically defined and genetically acquired differences between males and females, according to their physiology and reproductive capabilities or potentialities.
•Gender refers to the economic, social, political, and cultural attributes and opportunities associated with being women and men.
**A gender role, also known as a sex role, is a social role encompassing a range of behaviors and attitudes that are generally considered acceptable, appropriate, or desirable for people based on their biological or perceived sex.
**The word 'gender' has acquired the new and useful connotation of cultural or attitudinal characteristics (as opposed to physical characteristics) distinctive to the sexes. That is to say, gender is to sex as feminine is to female and masculine is to male.
**Gender studies is a field for interdisciplinary study devoted to gender identity and gendered representation as central categories of analysis. Sometimes, gender studies is offered together with study of sexuality.
**Gender identity is the personal sense of one's own gender. Gender identity can correlate with assigned sex at birth or can differ from it. All societies have a set of gender categories that can serve as the basis of the formation of a person's social identity in relation to other members of society.