Household structures and gender relations

While some projects addressed gender issues, others paid little or no attention to gender relations and gender equality

These processes have influenced gender relations in these areas.

Combating violence against women requires changing the way gender roles and power relations articulated in society.

Forced sexual relations are a component of many kinds of gender based violence described in this report.

At its twenty third special session,b the General Assembly emphasized that the changing context of gender relations, as well as the discussion on gender equality, has led to an increased reassessment of gender roles.

Instead, the evaluation assessed the attention accorded to gender relations in country level policies, programmes, and institutional measures.

The inequality and injustice of gender relations is a concern for human rights, and thus for sustainable development the gender approach places the continuing subordination of women in context.

The Ministries of Defence and of the Interior Kingdom Relations consider gender training for peacekeeping missions to be essential.

The salient features of these reforms include fostering better police citizen relations and raising gender and human rights awareness.

To address this situation, the Institute developed a research framework for a gender analysis of the sending and receipt of remittances as well as their impact on household and gender relations.

The practical forms that assume gender relations in the scope of the family, influence parameters in the behavior of their fertility.

Conduct awareness campaigns aimed at the youth, the magistrates, and the community in general, on subjects related to gender relations and equality.

Whether they work in the practice areas, in units or elsewhere BDP should ensure close working relations with the Gender Development Office.

School curricula must be changed in such a way as to introduce the principles of equality between men and women in gender relations.

11 Govind, Kelkar, Dev Nathan and Jahan, Rownok, Redefining women's samman microcredit and gender relations in rural Bangladesh , Economic and Political Weekly (August 2004).

conducted a research Gender Barometer , which will give a picture of relations between women and men in public and private life in Bosnia and Herzegovina

In the area of institutional strengthening and capacity building there are at least four gender related issues namely society's ignorance, especially on the part of government employees, about gender equality and justice  limited data and information on gender equality  poor quality of institutions and, weak relations among institutions.

Economic adjustments and the development of market relations in the country have resulted in unemployment and tough competition on the labour market, which is gender biased.

The concept of structural gender discrimination refers to forms of discrimination that ensue from the fact that the structure or organisation of society is built on gender stereotypes and hence sustains the existing unequal relations of power between the sexes.

Many women seek advice from gender centres, especially on issues dealing with divorce, self support and child maintenance after divorce, employment and labor relations and sexual harassment.

For example, health studies courses in vocational institutions brought up gender equality in dealing with such topics as hygiene, workplace safety, organization of work and relations between staff.

The General Secretariat for Gender Equality and the Research Centre for Gender Equality (K.E.TH.I. ) have worked out studies on socially excluded groups Gender and socially excluded groups a study of bibliographic review , Athens 2001, Family Legal Relations of Greek Muslims , Thessaloniki 2001, Muslim Women a study and recording of needs, working out of proposals , Research

it does not take actions to eliminate and prevent prohibited discrimination based on gender in employment and labor relations, as defined under Articles 7 and 8 of this Law

This information seems to lend credibility to the idea that the division of labor contained in the notion of gender continues to strongly bypass male female relations within unions.

When the relations of gender structure within activities are compared, we get the information that women come close to men with their participation in the area of artisanship and other businesses.

i) Address gender power relations in order to protect women and girls from being vulnerable to HIV AIDS and HIV and AIDS related violence through legislation, law enforcement, advocacy and sensitization

It also recognized the social and cultural diversity of the rural population and the specific features related to gender, generation, race and ethnicity relations, which requires unique approach for overcoming inequality.

In keeping with the implementation of its 2005 workplan for this research area, the Institute initiated activities related to the undertaking of case studies in selected countries in order to gain further insights on the gender dimensions of remittances and their impact on gender relations and social change.

Many conferences and meetings attended by B H representatives are tried to be used for highlighting women issues and eventually pointing out at discrimination and some solutions to enable more balanced gender relations.

Ms. Moreno (Director, United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)) said that the Institute's pioneering research on the gender dimensions of remittance flows had demonstrated the significant transformative potential of women's migration and economic empowerment for household gender relations, community well being and economic growth.

For example, in general education schools and in a number of the country's universities, the course Ethics and psychology of family life has been introduced into departmental curricula, and, in certain departments, a family and psychology of family relations section is being taught in the course Social psychology , and the special courses Gender violence , Gender legal aspects , and Gender problems in Tajik classical literature have been introduced.

Although labour mobility generally results in the redistribution of tasks and responsibilities, the impact of migration on household division of labour and gender relations varies significantly, depending on whether women or men are migrating.

The task force encourages the international financial institutions to continue to promote good governance, accountability, transparency, the rule of law, equity, gender equality and other human rights relevant criteria into loans, adjustment policies, and their relations with member States and to apply more specific human rights and right to development criteria in these relations.

ATHENS On Valentine s Day, countless couples will celebrate romance by candlelight. On the same day, one billion women and men worldwide will stand up to shine a light on the darker side of gender relations.

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