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Gender awareness workshop: Making Rights

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Gender is used to describe those characteristics of men and women which are socially determined, in contrast to those which are biologically determined. The word ‘gender’ was used by Ann Oakley and others in the 1970s to emphasise that everything women and men do, and everything expected of them, with the exception of their sexually distinct functions (childbearing etc.) can change, and does change, over time and according to changing and varied social, economical, political, and cultural factors. People are born female or male, but learn to be girls and boys who grow into women and men. They are taught what the appropriate behaviour and attitudes, roles and activities are for them, and how they should related to other people. This learned behaviour is what makes up gender identity, and determines gender roles and responsibilities. Gender roles vary greatly from one culture to another, and from one social, political, and economic group to another within the same culture. Why Gender is Important? Since the mid 1980s there has been a growing consensus that sustainable development requires an understanding of both women’s and men’s roles and responsibilities within the community and their relations to each other. This has come to be known as the Gender and Development (GAD) approach. The main objective of GAD is mainstreaming women’s needs and perspectives into all activities. Mainstreaming acknowledges that all development operations have a gender impact and do not automatically benefit men and women equally. Thus it is necessary to adopt GAD approach for development programmes to benefit both men and women, and also for sustainable development and positive impacts on the society as whole. This gender awareness pack contains over 24 hours of ready-to-use workshop material divided into two modules. It contains a total of eight detailed step-by-step session plans. Module One generates personal reflection and a deeper understanding on the construction of gender, and outlines the link between gender-based discrimination and violence against women. Module Two examines the place of women’s rights within the human rights framework, including the division between the private and the public spheres. It encourages participants to address issues of violence against women by setting their own action methods and goals. This booklet from Amnesty International (AI), is designed for human rights educators to understand violence against women (VAW) and laws protecting women. It includes detailed instructions on how to organise and run a two-day workshop for staff, board members, and volunteers of human rights organisations and other non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working in related fields. The material explores the causes and consequences of violence against women and the legal mechanisms and tools available to combat such violence. The pack includes all necessary supporting materials for each session, such as case studies, facilitator’s tips, and handouts, as well as a set of resources and background information..

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KP.II-00148-1	KP II AMN G	My Library	Available
KP.II-00148-2	KP II AMN G	My Library	Available

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Call Number

KP.II. IND g

Publisher

London : Amnesty International., 2004

Collation

76 hlm.;30 cm

Language

Indonesia

ISBN/ISSN

0-86210-357-6

Classification

KP.II.

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Edition

First published in 2004

Subject(s)

Gender Awareness
Violence Againts women ( VAW)
workshops-Gender Awareness

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dokumen lepas/copian

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