Manual for Trainers: Gender Equality
and Gender Mainstreaming
Module 1
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Module 1
GENDER, GENDER CONCEPTS
AND DEFINITIONS
UNDERSTANDING KEY GENDER TERMS
AIM: Participants understand differences between gender/sex,
gender
equality/equity, and gender equality/women’s rights.
TIME: 40 min
MATERIALS NEEDED: paper for
participants, flip chart, markers, Power
Points PP1.0 - 1.5
STEP BY STEP GUIDE
Step 1
Arrange participants in four groups.
Step 2
Ask group 1 to discuss and define terms “gender and
sex” and explain the difference between them. Ask group
2 to do the same for terms “transgender and
transsexual”, group 3 for terms “gender equality and
gender equity” and group 4 for terms “gender equality
and women’s rights”.
PP.1.1
Step 3
Ask participants to be as concrete as possible and use
examples when possible.