What does “gender equality” mean?
Gender Equality means the 5 equals and that is :
•Participation
•Opportunities
•Decision Making
•Values
•Access and Control
•Equal Benefits
And this includes having men and women share similar roles in workplaces, having girls and boys share similar responsibilities like sweeping the room and wiping windows and also with the inclusion of playing mixed sports.nn
Definition of Gender -
"Gender refers to the socially given attributes, roles, activities, responsibilities, opportunities, expectations, privileges and limitations connected to being women and men, at a given time, and as a member of a specific community. Because these attributes are n learned behaviors, acquired during socialization, they can and do change over time and vary across cultures. Women and men’s gender identity determines how they are perceived and how they are expected to think and act. Gender is used in the distribution of privilege, prestige, power and a range of social and economic resources. Though gender is deeply rooted in every culture, it changes over time and place.\" \n\n- Fiji National Action Plan to Prevent Violence Against All Women and Girls 2023-2028 \n\nWhat does “gender-based violence (GBV)'' mean?
“GBV is any type of harm that is against someone because of their sex, gender, sexual orientation and/or gender identity.n GBV affects women and girls more than others, although it can affect people of all genders.”
Gender-based Violence -\n\n\"Gender-based Violence (GBV), which can be used interchangeably with VAWG, is any act (including threats of such act) that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, emotional or psychological harm to women, that is perpetrated against a person because of her/his gender and the socially ascribed norms, roles, and expectations that society has for women and men. GBV highlights the gender dimension of violence, specifically the relationship between women’s subordinate/ unequal status, and their increased vulnerability to violence. Men and boys may also be survivors of GBV, especially sexual violence and survivors are predominately women and girls. GBV is most commonly used to underscore how the inequalities between women and men in society acts as a unifying characteristic of most forms of VAWG throughout the lifecycle - from early childhood marriage and genital mutilation to sexual abuse, Domestic Violence, coercion and structural violence and legal discrimination and exploitation. The common thread to all types of GBV is that it is founded on the dynamic of exerting power to gain control.\"
- Fiji National Action Plan to Prevent Violence Against All Women and Girls 2023-2028