TAKEAWAYS

GENDER AND
DEVELOPMENT
Gender &sex. Sex is the
biological difference between
male and female while gende
refers to the socially
constructed roles,
behaviours, expressions and
identities of girls, women,
boys, men, and gender
diverse people.

Gender and Development (GAD)

refers to the development perspective
and process that are participatory
and empowering, equitable,
sustainable, free from violence,
respectful of human rights,
supportive of self-determination and
actualization of human potential.

GAD seeks to achieve gender equality as a

fundamental value that should be reflected in
development choice.

GAD seeks to transform society's

social, economic, and political
structures and questions the validity
of gender roles ascribed to women
and men.

Equality of men and women is their

right to enjoy equal conditions by
which all human beings are free and
equal in dignity and rights.