Expertise
Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Sexual and reproductive health and rights include the right to have control over and make free and responsible decisions about one’s sexuality, including sexual and reproductive health, free from coercion, discrimination and violence.
Gender-based violence
Gender-based violence represents one of the most pervasive manifestations of gender inequality. It is not an isolated incident or an emergency phenomenon, but a structural phenomenon.
Empowerment
By empowerment we mean the development of women’s self-awareness, confidence and agency over their own lives, including claiming the right to make autonomous decisions about their bodies, lives and futures.
SDGs
The 2030 Agenda is the action plan for sustainable development unanimously adopted by the 193 member countries of the United Nations on September 25, 2015. The Agenda calls for the achievement of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (known as SDGs) and 169 ‘targets’ or goals by 2030.
Female Genital Mutilation
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a practice involving the alteration of female genitalia for non-medical reasons and internationally recognised as a violation of women’s human rights.
Women’s conferences
World conferences on women were held in Mexico City (1975), Copenhagen (1980), Nairobi (1985) and Beijing (1995).
Gender transformative approach
The gender transformative approach actively examines, questions and changes the rigid gender norms and power imbalances that favour boys and men over girls and women.
Gender stereotypes
Gender stereotypes are preconceived ideas that attribute certain socially and culturally determined characteristics and roles to people on the basis of gender.