Gender and the law Part I
MICKY Short Note Cente
,Defn. of gender
Gender is a social attribute ascribing some
characteristics or norms and modes of behavior to
the female and other to the male sex.
The gender of a person is determined by the
society and by its way of up bringing children.
Gender is, therefore, the result of the interplay of
culture, religion, and similar factor of a society.
It refers to historically defined identities, roles and
behaviors of different groups such as men-women,
girls-boys, old men-old women, etc
,Defn. of sex
Sex is a natural attribute helping us to identify a
person as male or female.
A male person biologically differs from a female.
Being a male or female is, therefore, a natural
phenomenon that we cannot change since the two
sexes are born different.
Gender roles refer to the expected duties and
responsibilities, rights and privileges of men-
women, girls-boys, etc. that are specified by
socio-religious and cultural factors
, Global and historical perspective on
the legal status of women
Four world conferences on women convened by
the UN have been instrumental in elevating the
cause of gender equality to the very centre of the
global agenda
THE FIRST PHASE
UN charter refer to the "equal rights of men and
women" as they declared the Organization's
"faith in fundamental human rights" and the
"dignity and worth of the human person".
MICKY Short Note Cente
,Defn. of gender
Gender is a social attribute ascribing some
characteristics or norms and modes of behavior to
the female and other to the male sex.
The gender of a person is determined by the
society and by its way of up bringing children.
Gender is, therefore, the result of the interplay of
culture, religion, and similar factor of a society.
It refers to historically defined identities, roles and
behaviors of different groups such as men-women,
girls-boys, old men-old women, etc
,Defn. of sex
Sex is a natural attribute helping us to identify a
person as male or female.
A male person biologically differs from a female.
Being a male or female is, therefore, a natural
phenomenon that we cannot change since the two
sexes are born different.
Gender roles refer to the expected duties and
responsibilities, rights and privileges of men-
women, girls-boys, etc. that are specified by
socio-religious and cultural factors
, Global and historical perspective on
the legal status of women
Four world conferences on women convened by
the UN have been instrumental in elevating the
cause of gender equality to the very centre of the
global agenda
THE FIRST PHASE
UN charter refer to the "equal rights of men and
women" as they declared the Organization's
"faith in fundamental human rights" and the
"dignity and worth of the human person".
