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Gender stereotypes Gender gap Gender issue, concern or bias Gender equality Ideas people have on what men and women are capable of and what they can do (e.g. women are better housekeepers, men are better leaders). The extent of inequality between men and women, for example, in workload, access to or control over resources or benefits, education. Any aspect of gender relations that relates to inequalities or imbalances between the position of men and women. or equality between women and men, refers to the equal rights, responsibilities, opportunities, treatment and valuation of women and men: • in employment • in the relation between work and life Gender equality does not mean that women and men need to become identical, but that women’s and men’s rights, responsibilities and opportunities, the way they are treated and their work is valued does not depend on whether they are born male or female. Gender equality includes: • the same human and workers’ rights • equal value and fair distribution of: - responsibilities and opportunities - workload, decision making and income. Equality between women and men leads to a better quality of life for all. It is both a human rights issue and a precondition for sustainable people-centered, social and economic development. Practical gender needs Strategic gender needs Arise from the actual conditions which women and men experience because of their sex and the gender roles assigned to them in society. These are often related to women as mothers, homemakers and providers of basic needs, and are concerned with inadequacies in living and working conditions, such as food, water, shelter, income, health care and employment. For women and men with low income, these needs are often linked to survival strategies. Addressing them only perpetuates the disadvantaged position of women or men in their societies. It does not promote gender equality. The strategic gender needs of women refer to the subordinate position of women to men in society, and relate to the empowerment of women. They vary according to the particular social, economic and political context in which they are formulated. Usually they concern equality issues such as enabling women to have equal access to job opportunities and training, sharing of family responsibilities, equal pay for work of equal value, equal rights to land and other assets, prevention of 141
sexual harassment at work and domestic violence, and freedom of choice over childbearing. Men usually also have strategic gender needs. Boys and men in many societies are taught to be dominant, take the lead in most spheres of life and repress their feelings. In combination with lack of good role models, this can lead to the wrong channelling of energy in the form of aggressive, pushy behaviour and violence towards children, women or other men. The strategic gender needs of many men relate to stimulating their ‘caring’ role. Addressing these needs involves a slow and gradual process of changing attitudes and practices in societies. 142
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Contents Foreword..................
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25. No to forced labour, yes to fre
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Chapter 1 About this Manual 1.1 Int
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Objective: Gives the main learning
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In gender and women workers’ righ
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2.3 Adult learning Most of the part
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Contents Questions regarding the co
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2.9 The first day The first day is
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Learning objectives After the sessi
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Situation cards: Marriage Men gambl
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Use the following questions in the
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Situation cards: set 1 A woman does
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Again, emphasize that changes are p
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Step 2 • Ask both groups to sit d
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3.2 2. Values and Attitudes - State
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- Did everybody have the same opini
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3.3 Division of Work Step 1: What d
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Both men and women play multiple ro
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Exercise Step 1 • Divide the part
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Related sessions and briefing notes
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Step 2 • Discuss how the existing
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Exercise Step 1 • Explain to the
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Make clear that decision making pow
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4.1 Rights and Responsibilities Obj
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Step 4 • Explain the terms “bas
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Reasons often heard for not doing a
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Exercise Step 1 • Ask the partici
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Card 1: No to Suppression of Freedo
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Card 5: Maternity Protection (pictu
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Song 3. Cruel Suffering of the Work
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Step 3 • Tell the participants th
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The following case is an example of
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Story two: A group of women workers
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The number of female members in som
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No child should have to work No chi
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In article 48 this is made more exp
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story 2: Kolab, 12 years old, flowe
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Related sessions and briefing notes
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How to make the circle of debt: Exe
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Situations in which people often ne
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• Place a green fiche when the an
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4.9 Migrant Workers Objectives •
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Story and questions for each square
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What do you think will happen to th
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4.10 Trafficking Objectives • To
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Page 114 and 115: 8. A pregnant woman who is under pr
Page 116 and 117: 4.16 Domestic Violence Objectives
Page 118 and 119: At work: Violence causes immediate
Page 120 and 121: Step 4 • Explain where to go in c
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Page 126 and 127: 4.19 HIV/AIDS and Work Objectives
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Page 130 and 131: HIV/AIDS at work HIV/AIDS is a work
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Page 136 and 137: Briefing Note 1 Training Methods Th
Page 138 and 139: • Interviewing • Negotiating
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Page 152 and 153: Gender Equality at Work Equal right
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Page 158 and 159: At work: As HIV/AIDS affects the ec
Page 160 and 161: 2. Collective dispute It can be eas
Page 162 and 163: International Labour Standards: a s
Page 164 and 165: Glossary Abortion Benefit Bonded la
Page 166 and 167: certain characteristics or who belo
Page 168 and 169: List of Useful Organizations Nation
Page 170 and 171: Cambodian HIV/AIDS Education and Ca
Page 172 and 173: For General Information and Referra
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