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Gender Equality Gender Equality 1. 1. Cultural Influence Cultural Influence and and Ways to Achieve Ways to Achieve

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Gender EqualityGender Equality1. 1.Cultural InfuenceCultural Infuence and and Ways to AchieveWays to Achieve2Gender Gender Sex Sex Person's biological Person's biological or anatomical or anatomical identity as male or identity as male or emaleemale!ender!enderCollection o Collection o characteristics that characteristics that are culturally are culturally associated "ith associated "ith maleness or maleness or emalenessemaleness#Gender DiscriminationGender Discrimination$reating individuals di%erently in their $reating individuals di%erently in their em&loyment s&eci'cally because an em&loyment s&eci'cally because an individual is a "oman or a man individual is a "oman or a man (iscrimination is generally illegal (iscrimination is generally illegal regardless o "hether it is based on sex or regardless o "hether it is based on sex or gender or both sex and gendergender or both sex and genderIncludes &regnancy discrimination and Includes &regnancy discrimination and sexual harassmentsexual harassment)Instances of gender discriminationInstances of gender discrimination*iring+,iring+Promotions*iring+,iring+PromotionsPayPay-ob Classi'cation-ob Classi'cation.ene'ts.ene'ts/Sexual HarassmentSexual Harassment.ehaviour li0e .ehaviour li0e1n"elcome sexual advances1n"elcome sexual advances 2e3uest or sexual avors 2e3uest or sexual avors4erbal or &hysical conduct o a sexual nature4erbal or &hysical conduct o a sexual nature 5uid Pro 5uo 6 such conduct used as the basis or5uid Pro 5uo 6 such conduct used as the basis or em&loyment decisions or is made a condition oem&loyment decisions or is made a condition o em&loymentem&loyment *ostile environment 6 the conduct is su7ciently*ostile environment 6 the conduct is su7ciently severe or &ervasive that it creates an intimidating8severe or &ervasive that it creates an intimidating8 hostile8 or o%ensive "or0 environment.hostile8 or o%ensive "or0 environment. 9Shehnaz Mudbhatkal- ase in Shehnaz Mudbhatkal- ase in sexual harassmentsexual harassment:ady "or0ed as a hostess or Saudi :ady "or0ed as a hostess or Saudi Arabian AirlinesArabian AirlinesServices "ere terminated because she Services "ere terminated because she reused to surrender to the sexual reused to surrender to the sexual demands made by her su&eriordemands made by her su&erior,iling suit8 she ought or 11 years. In ,iling suit8 she ought or 11 years. In 1;;98 she "as a"arded ull "ages and 1;;98 she "as a"arded ull "ages and continuity o services "ith e%ect rom continuity o services "ith e%ect rom 1;CII? 6 2@@/6 2@@/1); medium A large scale com&anies. 1); medium A large scale com&anies.Women constitute only six &er cent o the totalWomen constitute only six &er cent o the total "or0orce. "or0orce.-unior level619B -unior level619BCiddle A senior level D )B Ciddle A senior level D )B