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Glossary
- Gender:
- Gender refers to the array of socially constructed roles and relationships, personality traits, attitudes, behaviours, values,
relative power and influence that society ascribes to the two sexes on a differential basis. Whereas biological sex is determined
by genetic and anatomical characteristics, gender is an acquired identity that is learned, changes over time, and varies widely
within and across cultures. Gender is relational and refers not simply to women or men but to the relationship between them.
(United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women 2004)
- Sex:
- Sex refers to the biological characteristics which define humans as female or male. These sets of biological characteristics
are not mutually exclusive as there are individuals who possess both, but these characteristics tend to differentiate humans
as males and females. (United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women 2004)
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