Using the gender lens is like putting on glasses to bring different perspectives into focus. Through one lens of the glasses, you see the participation, needs and realities of women. Through the other [..]

, here are some of the words and phrases we use, and the definitions and contexts we use them in.

The state of being equal, especially in status, rights, or opportunities. (Oxford Dictionary). While equality is our goal, we recognize that intersectionality plays a significant role in what is fair [..]

Fairness or justice in the way individuals or groups are treated (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). Equality and equity are frequently used interchangeably, but in our work, they are slightly different. Eq [..]

Many people have come to believe that feminism is an antagonistic movement against men, with the purpose of taking power away from men. This is not how we view it. When we speak of feminism, we are re [..]

Social and cultural identification of male and female. (World Health Organization)

The experience of affording women and men the same rights and opportunities across all sectors of society, including economic participation and decision-making. Also, when the different behaviours, as [..]

the process of allocating resources, programs and decision-making fairly to both men and women. Equality focuses on creating the same starting line for everyone. Equity has the goal of providing every [..]

the systematic differences in the outcomes that women and men achieve in the labour market. These differences are seen in the percentages of women and men in the labour force, the types of occupations [..]

the intersections between forms or systems of oppression, domination or discrimination, a term originally coined by Kimberle Crenshaw. The theory originated in the work of Black feminists, and is now [..]