Gender Inequalities in Society

What do gender inequalities in society often lead to?

What does a person's sexual orientation refer to?

How is gender identity different from sexual orientation?

What is Gender Non-Conforming (GNC) related to?

What does 'Two-Spirit' refer to?

What are women often denied access to, according to the text?

What do gender inequalities in society often result in?

Which term describes a person's emotional, romantic, and sexual attraction to persons of the same and/or different sex?

What does a person's gender identity refer to?

How is gender identity different from gender non-conforming?

Underrepresentation in political and economic decision-making processes is a result of:

Gender Inequalities

Gender inequalities persist in every society, affecting women's access to decent work, basic education, and healthcare.
Women face occupational segregation and gender wage gaps, leading to economic disparities.
They are victims of violence and discrimination, and are underrepresented in political and economic decision-making processes.

Sexual Orientation

Sexual orientation refers to a person's emotional, romantic, and sexual attraction to persons of the same and/or different sex.
It involves an enduring pattern of romantic or sexual attraction to persons of the opposite sex or gender, the same sex or gender, both sexes or more than one gender, or none.

Gender Identity

Gender identity is each person's internal and individual experience of gender.
It is their sense of being a woman, a man, both, neither, or anywhere along the gender spectrum.
A person's gender identity may be the same as or different from their birth-assigned sex.
Gender identity is fundamentally different from a person's sexual orientation.

Gender Expression Terms

Gender Non-Conforming (GNC) refers to a person's internal sense of themselves as a man/male, a woman/female, no gender, or another gender, regardless of anatomy.
Two-Spirit is an umbrella term used by some indigenous people to describe their internal sense of gender identity.

Explore the challenges faced by women in society including occupational segregation, gender wage gaps, lack of access to education and healthcare, and underrepresentation in decision-making processes.