The concept of structural gender discrimination refers to forms of discrimination that ensue from the fact that the structure or organisation of society is built on gender stereotypes and hence sustains the existing unequal relations of power between the sexes.

Moreover, these unequal gender relationships can be found in all spheres of society.

Crises and profound disagreements are not new in the relations between these two unequal allies.

Household structures and gender relations

Recognizing also that violence against women is rooted in historically unequal power relations between men and women,

Gender based violence was an expression of unequal power relations between men and women. Eradicating it required modifying specific social and cultural patterns and eliminating harmful traditional practices, such as female genital mutilation (FGM), child marriage and honour crimes.

While some projects addressed gender issues, others paid little or no attention to gender relations and gender equality

The Expert Group Meeting noted, however, that approaches to ensuring women's participation has often concentrated on increasing women's representation and had overlooked structural constraints, such as unequal gender relations, that limited women's potential to influence decisions and bring about change.

These processes have influenced gender relations in these areas.

Recognizing that domestic violence against women is, inter alia, a societal problem and a manifestation of unequal power relations between women and men,

Programmes aimed at the prevention and treatment of HIV AIDS cannot succeed without challenging the structures of unequal power relations between women and men.

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America the Unequal

It is still commonly assumed that high politics and international relations are gender neutral.

Kurds have a much more egalitarian view of gender relations than either Sunnis or Shi ites.

Combating violence against women requires changing the way gender roles and power relations articulated in society.

Women's unequal access to many key resources impeded their contribution to economic development. Gender equality was critical to poverty reduction and the conservation and sustainable use of resources.

Women not only bear the combined burdens of occupation and patriarchy but due to the former their capacity to transform the unequal gender structures of the latter is curtailed.

Forced sexual relations are a component of many kinds of gender based violence described in this report.

It will exacerbate highly unequal competition.

Second, the draft resolution is unequal.

At its twenty third special session,b the General Assembly emphasized that the changing context of gender relations, as well as the discussion on gender equality, has led to an increased reassessment of gender roles.

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Instead, the evaluation assessed the attention accorded to gender relations in country level policies, programmes, and institutional measures.

According to the Treaty Establishing the European Community, it is a shared goal of the EU member states to reduce unequal treatment of men and women and to promote gender equality.

The inequality and injustice of gender relations is a concern for human rights, and thus for sustainable development the gender approach places the continuing subordination of women in context.

The Ministries of Defence and of the Interior Kingdom Relations consider gender training for peacekeeping missions to be essential.

The salient features of these reforms include fostering better police citizen relations and raising gender and human rights awareness.

It also identified that the under representation of women in most levels of Government and the inequitable representation of women in the public arena often started with the unequal power relations within the family.

To address this situation, the Institute developed a research framework for a gender analysis of the sending and receipt of remittances as well as their impact on household and gender relations.

This unequal investment is neither equitable nor efficient.

The practical forms that assume gender relations in the scope of the family, influence parameters in the behavior of their fertility.

Therefore, equal treatment cannot be forced on unequal partners.

Subject matter Unequal remuneration of work performed by prisoners

Conduct awareness campaigns aimed at the youth, the magistrates, and the community in general, on subjects related to gender relations and equality.

Whether they work in the practice areas, in units or elsewhere BDP should ensure close working relations with the Gender Development Office.

No doubt, we live today in an extraordinarily unequal world.

Unequal access to education, as a result of these constraints.

School curricula must be changed in such a way as to introduce the principles of equality between men and women in gender relations.

American society is very unequal (and China s is slightly more so).

It also creates a less prosperous, more unequal, and partitioned world.

The international community must continue to address the root causes of poverty and gender inequities, including the unequal access of girls and women to resources and opportunities that empower them to make the choices that affect their lives.

conducted a research Gender Barometer , which will give a picture of relations between women and men in public and private life in Bosnia and Herzegovina

seeking new and unequal privileges for themselves in an enlarged Security Council.

Married female (second) guardians were also unequal in status to their husband.