Gender Equity

1. Mir Hussam-ud-Din Quasmi
Worl d I n C on s u l t i n g (P ri vat e)
L i mi t ed
WWW.WorldinConsulting.Com
Mir.Quasmi@WorldinConculting.Com
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2. GENDER EQUITY

3. Contents
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What is gender equity?
Movements of Gender Equity.
Why does Gender inequality exist?
Gender Equity Barriers.
How to attain gender equity?
Gender Equity and religious paradigms.
Why just females’ marginalization?
Pathways towards sustainable gender equity
For or against gender equity?
Goals and objective of the presentation.
Basic Questions

5. What is Gender Equity?
 According to Oxford dictionary the word ‘Equity’
means fairness, righteousness and justness
 Gender equity means fairness, righteousness in the
distribution of benefits and responsibilities between
two genders regardless of any gender discrimination
of man and woman.

6. Movements of Gender Equity
 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UN, 1949.
 CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination against Women).
 GAD (Gender and Development model)
 UN Gender Mainstreaming Policy &
Strategy, 2006

7. Why do Gender Inequalities exist?
 Gender inequalities exist because of discrimination
in;
1) Family
2) Society
3) Culture
4) Religious norms
5) Societal institutions
6) Biological views

8. Gender Equity Barriers
 Patriarchal Societies
 Poverty
 Women are largely relegated to vulnerable of
employment, hence disturbing the gender
equilibrium.
 Violence against women continues to undermine
effort to reach all goals of gender equity.
 Unequal distribution of opportunities and education.
 Fewer social benefits.

9. How to attain gender equity?
By achieving equitable access to:
 adequate food and basic needs to increase personal
security.
 Balance in sustainable development decision-making.
 By creating equal economic opportunities.
 By equitable access to life resources.
 By controlling gender-blind policies
 By changing the power structure between women and
men as well as in the ideologies and institutions that
preserve and reproduce gender inequality.

10. Gender equity and Religious paradigms
 Religion (at its best) can act as a significant
counterweight to support hegemonic institutions of
the state , market, society and culture to perpetuate
any ideology regarding gender discrimination and
gender equity.

11. Why just females’ marginalization?
The emphasis with in the rights frameworks lay on
protection of the individual rather than groups
rights, but through out the history due to patriarchal
setups of the society the issue of gender inequality
highlights
limitations
of
the
rights
marginalization of females rather then males.
and

12. Pathways toward sustainable Gender equity
 Physical security.
 Eradication of gender based violence.
 Guaranteeing legal identity.
 Enabling access to and control over resources.
 Providing access to decent work and livelihoods.
 Ensuring access to public services.

13. Pathways toward sustainable Gender equity
 Guaranteeing access to information.
 Facilitating access to information.
 Facilitating access to justice.
 Measuring social inclusion and access to Rights.
 Valuing social cohesion and diversity.

14. Far or against Gender Equity?
The Acceptance Continuum of Audience /Listeners
1. Leaders who are committed to change and will work
hard for it.
2. Supporters who will help but not lead.
3. Fence-sitters who won’t do anything to help or to
hinder.
4. Skeptics who may passively resist the change.
5. Resisters who will actively work against the change.

15. Goal / Objective of the Presentation
It is not necessary for everyone to agree to make
substantial gender equity progress but our main goal is
to move everyone one step up the ladder in order to
construct social change by dismantling gender in
equality in society and at least to make everyone think
and ponder upon this issue.

16. Basic Questions!!!
 What is gender equity?
 Why it is so important?
 What are social and cultural upheavals regarding
gender discrimination?
 How to achieve gender equity?
 How gender equity can be helpful in achieving social
equilibrium?