Gender Equity: It’s Not Just a Women’s Issue Bringing men into the gender equity conversation and breaking out of the “Man Box” is critical to closing the gender equity gap…

Sexual orientation An inherent or immutable enduring emotional, romantic or sexual attraction to other people. Gender identity One’s innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both or…

Gender violence includes rape, sexual assault, intimate partner violence in heterosexual and same sex partnerships, sexual harassment, stalking, prostitution and sex trafficking. The term “gender violence” reflects the idea that…

Our society has a set of ideas about how we expect men and women to dress, behave, and present themselves. What are gender roles? Gender roles in society means how…

Different terms are regularly used in theories of sexuality and gender, for example sex, gender, gender identity, gender expressions, gender roles, sexual orientation. It is important to be clear about…