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Basic Concept of Gender

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Sex Biological differences between men and women. Not vary with race, caste, class, ethnicity, religion, and time. Womens ability to give birth, breast feed. Gender Social differences between men and women Manifested in different roles, qualities and behaviors of women, men and society as a whole. Vary with race, caste, class, ethnicity, religion, relation position, situations, age, time. Vary with situations, the same person may behave differently in different contexts.

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Gender roles Refers to socially differentiated roles of men and women Gender roles can be changed easily through sensitization of women and men. 1.Productive Role 2.Reproductive role 3.Community Role

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Gender roles Double Day Triple RoleWomens

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Gender Needs Practical gender needs (PGN): Related to immediate needs of living, such as food, drinking water, health care and medical support. Strategic gender needs (SGN): Related to gender divisions of labor, equal wages, resources and education, and womens control over their bodies. Necessary to encompass social and political reforms for ensuring power and control, legal rights, reduce domestic violence,. These measures are seen as relatively long-term objectives.

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Gender Equality Gender Equality and Equity Gender Equity Gender Equality VS Gender Equity

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Gender sensitization tools

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Tool-1: Gender Equity Analysis Education Asset Control Right Power Inequity Education Asset Control Power Inequity Education Asset Control Power Equity

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Access CowsGrassMoneyLandFeedMilk Control CowsGrassMoneyLandFeedMilk Asset CowsGrassMoneyLandFeedMilk Control CowsGrassMoneyLandFeedMilk MEN WOMEN Red = Low Yellow = Moderate Green = High Tool-2: Access -Control Analysis

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Access Availability- can own Asset Handiness- Able to use when requiredControl Authority/Autonomy- Right or permission or liberty to use the asset (Sell) Decision making- power to make decisions within the household and community Command- Access power to direct or regulate resource ability to use effectively Power- to influence or direct peoples behavior or the course of events.

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Tool-3: Time Meter Tool

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Tool-4: Barrier Tree Analysis Causes EffectBarrier Root Stem Branches

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Workload Control over asset, income Institutions, ideology Mobility Four Major Women Barriers

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Womens Empowerment Framework (CARE Framework)

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CARE defines WE as the combined effect of changes in: Womens Empowerment in Programming

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Reduce violence against women Strong Social Movements based on solidarity between men and women Women will be empowered by: + Exercise of greater choice in decisions affecting their lives x CARES Womens Empowerment : Theory of Change

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