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gender

awareness
Leonard C. Manuel
Presentation objectives

01 Familiarize the concepts related


to gender awareness.
02 Understand how gender
determines social roles and
responsibilities.
03 Recognize the manifestation of
gender biases.
Sustainable development goals

SDG 5 aims to achieve gender


equality by ending all forms of
discrimination, violence and any
harmful practices against women and
girls in the public and private spheres.
It also calls for the full participation of
women and equal opportunities for
leadership at all levels of political and
Global gender gap
index 2022

21.7% gender gap


Global results and
time to gender
parity

In 2022, the global gender gap has


been closed by 68.1%. At the current
rate of progress, it will take 132
years to reach full parity. This
represents a slight four-year
improvement compared to the 2021
estimate wjic is 136 years to parity.
SEX GENDER
Categorized SEX
as male and Masculine and feminine
female
Socially, historically and
Biologically determined culturally determined
(learned or acquired identity)

Socially Constructed (Varies


Fixed at birth (Does not and changes over time and
change across time and space)
space )
Unequally valued
Equally valued
Which statements are on Sex
and which are on gender?
Women give birth to babies, men do
not.
Little girls are gentle, boys are
tough.
Men are presumed to be more ambitious
and task-oriented in their work, while women
are presumed to be more interested in and
concerned about their relationships with
others at work.
Men’s voices at puberty break,
women’s do not.
The percentage of women graduates in
Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT) is 1.7%, compared to
8.2% of men graduates. In Engineering and
Manufacturing the same figures are 24.6%
for men and 6.6% for women.
Women can breast-feed their babies,
while men can only bottle-feed
babies.
Report finds that between 2021 and
2022, reported stress was 4% higher
in women than in men.
Gender roles
Gender roles are based on the different
expectations that individuals have for
themselves based on their sex and based on
each society's values and beliefs about
gender.
Gender roles determine how one should act, think,
speak, dress and interact within the context of society.
Gender socialization
It is the process by which norms and
expectations in relation to gender are
learned by men and women in different
social agencies.
activity
Myth OR
TRUTH
If the father does the household
works, he is considered “under the
saya.”
activity
Myth OR
TRUTH
Men are better leaders and
administrators than women.
activity
Myth OR
TRUTH
Mothers can also be fathers, vice
versa.
activity
Myth OR
TRUTH
Women can be the supervisors while
men work as their secretaries.
activity
Myth OR
TRUTH
The mother should be the only one
responsible for child-rearing and
parenting.
Gender bias
Gender bias is a form of unconscious
or implicit bias. It happens when
someone unintentionally attributes
certain attitudes and stereotypes to
someone else (Leontien, 2022).

Men may be perceived more


analytical and less emotional. As a
result, they have a better chance of
being hired when these skills are
required.
More difficult to balance work and
family

More benefits to be earned

More women are being trained but


process is slow.

More women are less interested in


skilled jobs.

 Education  Education
 Experience  Experience
 Skills  Skills

In blind applications, women are 25-


46% more likely to be hired for a job.
Manifestation of gender biases
marginalization
ECONOMIC

The process which forces women out:


- into the periphery of economic and
social life
- on the periphery of decision-
making process
- diminishing the value of the
activities in which they engage and
through they contribute to the
national development process.
marginalization
Production/reproduction dichotomy (dual or
triple role)
Non-valuation of women’s function
Less access and control over resources and
benefits
Last hired; first fired
Limited opportunities
Gap in salaries
Exacting sexual favors
The vision
Equal pay for work of Equal value

Economic Independence

Economic Opportunities
subordination
POLITICAL

One sex is inferior to the other.


Male dominance

Position- Fewer women in politics and top


positions
Status- Weaker sex
Decision-making- Women are not included
in planning and decision-making.
Socialization- Women do not have time for
themselves.
subordination
Women Men are:
are:Dependent Independent
Emotional Logical
Implemente Decision-
rs makers
Supporters Leaders
Owned Owners
The vision
Quality participation in decision-making

Recognition of capabilities
stereotyping
Gender Stereotypes are forms of
prejudgment, bias or limitation given to roles
and expectations of males and females.
-Family socialization, educational system,
career options, portrayal of women in media,
teachings of various religious groups

Differentiated in terms of:


• Social roles
• Capacities
• Traits and characteristics
Stereotypes and gender role
1. Women are soft-hearted that they
cannot make rational decision in the
organization.
2. Mothers are viewed as less competent
than women who are not mothers.
3. Images of scientists are persistently
masculine.
4. A girl who wishes to take karate class
instead of dance lessons may be called a
“tomboy”.
5. Gender roles that limit women's
mobility interfere with careers in science and
engineering.
The vision
Liberation from stereotyped images

Non-sexist child rearing

Non-sexist language
Multiple burden
Multiple gender roles for women.
Involvement in the three spheres of work
(productive, reproductive, and community
management).

Work at home + Work outside the house+


community works
The vision
Gender division of labor

Shared responsibility (parenting,


housework, breadwinning)
violence
Violence directed towards women
specifically because they are women

Imbalance social and economic power


between men and women

Gender-based violence- physical,


sexual, psychological and economic
harm or suffering based on the gender
of the person
The vision
Freedom from Violence

Enactment and implementation of bills


and policies protecting women and their
children

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