GAD101 Week 13

What is Gender Sensitivity

• Gender Sensitivity is the act of being sensitive to the ways people

think about gender; it tries to ensure that people rely less on
assumptions about traditional and outdated views on the role of
men and women.
• It aims to understand and take into account the societal and cultural
factors involved in gender-based exclusion and discrimination in the
most diverse spheres of public and private life.
 What is Gender Sensitivity

• Behaviour that avoids discrimination by understanding and accepting the multiple differences
between men and women.
• It is a way of thinking that fosters respect and compassion for others — regardless of these
differences.
• Gender sensitisation among children teaches them to rely less on subconscious assumptions
and generalisations and more on individual personality traits.
• And like most lessons, gender sensitivity starts at home.
• It aims to understand and take into account the societal and cultural factors involved in
gender-based exclusion and discrimination in the most diverse spheres of public and private
life.
 What is Gender Sensitivity

• It is awareness of the disparities and inequities of men and women and

clarifies issues about gender.
• Gender sensitivity helps to generate respect for the individual regardless of
sex.
• It is not about pitting women against men. On the contrary, it benefits members
of both sexes.
• It requires intellectual effort, sensitivity and open-mindedness.
• It opens up the widest range of life opportunities for both men and women.
 Sources:

• https://east.dpsbangalore.edu.in/teaching-your-child-gender-sensitivity/
• https://eige.europa.eu/thesaurus/terms/1218
• http://www.unesco.org
• https://www.slideshare.net/MhayeBarile/gender-sensitivity-50191746
• http://oasis.col.org/bitstream/handle/11599/1740/2015_COL_Gender-Bias-
Quiz.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y
• https://eige.europa.eu/thesaurus/terms/1218
End of Week 13
Thank you.