Webinar Recording
View the following Gender 101 Webinar to:
- Gain an increased understand on the differences between gender and sex; and the distinctions and relationships between gender equality, gender equity and women’s empowerment.
- Unpack the processes through which gender is socially constructed and informs our notions of femininity and masculinity, values and self-concept.
- Support identifying in our own lives, our gender-specific roles and challenges at the levels of the home, work and society, and the practical gendered interests or needs that emerge from those experiences.
- Explore the gender dimensions of the unequal status of women and men in various spheres of society, including in leadership and governance.
The webinar was facilitated by Linnette Vassell, who serves on CIWiL’s Regional Board and is an academic, writer, and feminist, who advocates for gender equity and community management of water resources.