Gender equality

This topic reveals what gender equality means and how gender roles are projected to our social reality

Closing questions

Gender and gender equality

What is gender?


Correct answer: A term which refers to cultural Sex
What is the cause of gender inequality?


Correct answer: The cause of Gender inequality is the concepts of masculinity and femininity (Gender stereotypes) which restrict individuals and create a basis for the imbalance of power - different values regarding men and women.
What is sexism?


Correct answer: Disparagement of one sex (more often women) or rejecting concepts of masculinity and femininity that are different from the stereotypical ones

Gender equality and human rights

What is the feminist movement?


Correct answer: Social and political activities designed to promote social changes that allow full equality and equality of rights of women and men in all areas of life.
What were the main aims of the first wave of the feminist movement?


Correct answer: Women's suffrage right to vote, but also equal pay, the right to education and work , maternity protection etc.
What were the aims of the second wave of the feminist movement?


Correct answer: Reproductive rights , equality in marriage relationships , elimination of Gender-based violence , equality for non-heterosexual people, etc.
What are the sexual and reproductive rights?


Correct answer: They are associated with treating women and men as sexual beings with the right to autonomous experiencing of one´s own sexuality, recognizing the right of women and men to decide about the number and time of birth of their children and the protection of reproductive health.
Which document for the first time highlighted the risk of gender stereotyping?


Correct answer: The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
What is gender mainstreaming?


Correct answer: A Strategy to promote Gender equality

Gender inequality in selected environments

What is the average gender pay gap in the EU countries?


Correct answer: 17 %
What is gender segregation of the labour market?


Correct answer: Gender segregation means that in certain industries or in certain positions there will be more (or predominantly) women, whereas elsewhere more (or predominantly) men
What are Quotas?


Correct answer: Quota for Gender equality in decision-making areas means that in a given area (parliament, management, etc.) there is a minimal percentage reserved for the currently numerically smaller Sex.
What is the critical proportion of representation beneficial towards promoting group interests?


Correct answer: 30%

Consequences of gender inequality

What is gender-based violence?


Correct answer: When the cause is the abuse of the power imbalance between women and men in society, based on Gender stereotypes.
What is the beauty myth?


Correct answer: A set of Gender stereotypes which feed the idea that beauty is a key quality of femininity