Gender - The socially constructed characteristics of women, men, girls, boys and gender diverse people– including the norms, roles, behaviours, activities, attributes, power and relationships that exist between them. These characteristics vary from society to society and are not fixed, Gender equality - Refers to equal chances or opportunities for women, men, girls, boys and gender diverse people, to access and control social, economic, and political resources, and protects these opportunities under law (i.e. health services, education or voting rights), Gender unaware/blind - A policy or program that ignores gender norms, roles and relations and very often reinforces or aggravate gender-based discrimination, Gender neutral - A policy or program that does not respond to gender-specific needs of individuals but seeks to do no harm in the way that messages/programming is framed. They fail to acknowledge the role of gender in their theory of change and by ignoring socio-economic and political gender inequalities they might, often unintentionally, reinforce inequalities, Empowerment - A multidimensional social process that enables people to gain control over their lives. It often challenges existing power allocations and relations to give disadvantaged groups more power. With respect to women’s health, this concept has often meant, for example, increasing education opportunities and access to relevant information to enable women to make informed decisions about their health, improve self-esteem and equip them with communication and negotiation skills, Sex - The physical and biological characteristics that distinguish male, female, and intersex people. These include things like reproductive organs, hormones, chromosomes, etc, Gender equity - Refers to the different needs, preferences and interests of men, women, girls, boys and gender diverse people, which may mean that different treatment is needed to ensure equality of opportunity. Its overall objective is to reduce unjust and avoidable inequality between individuals that affects health status, access to health services and contributions to the health workforce, Gender sensitive - A policy or program that acknowledges the impact of gender norms, roles and relations but does not go beyond this surface-level acknowledgement to include remedial action, Gender transformative - A policy or program that addresses the causes of gender-based health inequities by including specific ways to shift harmful gender norms, roles and relations with explicit intentions to change unequal power relations. The focus goes beyond improving the condition of women, girls and gender diverse individuals and seeks to improve their social position (i.e. how they are valued in society),

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