Gender Roles
A gender role, also known as a sex role, is a social role encompassing a range of behaviors and attitudes that are generally considered acceptable, appropriate, or desirable for a person based on that person's biological or perceived sex. Gender roles are usually centered on conceptions of masculinity and femininity, although there are exceptions and variations. The specifics regarding these gendered expectations may vary substantially among cultures, while other characteristics may be common throughout a range of cultures. There is ongoing debate as to what extent gender roles and their variations are biologically determined, and to what extent they are …
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UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme · 17 February 2025 English
UNEP International Environmental Technology Centre Global Dialogue & Youth Day: Circular Economy Model of Waste ManagementMonday 17th - Tuesday 18th February 2025: UNEP Global DialogueWednesday 19th February 2025: Youth DayVenue: …
waste management. The session will focus on how gender roles and dynamics influence waste management practices …
UN: The United Nations · 9 January 2025 English
Adopted without vote, 56th meeting
World Bank Group · 9 January 2025 English
Youths are a vital part of the economic workforce, but they face unique challenges and opportunities in a rapidly changing world. Despite being tech-savvy and socially conscious, many youths struggle …
maintaining work-life balance. Traditionally, the gender roles and expectations of females as the caregiver …
UN: The United Nations · 9 January 2025 English
Adopted without vote, 57th meeting
AEI: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · 30 December 2024 English
Executive Summary: Our societies are ageing structurally. With every day that passes, each working-age adult is entrusted with a higher number of retirees for whom to provide. The productivity burden …
intergenerational relationships, family dynamics, and gender roles to encourage a more interactive and participatory …
Brookings Institution · 27 December 2024 English
This policy brief analyzes the effects of insecurity on education in the Sahel, highlighting how attacks against schools and forced displacement disrupt learning. With over 9,000 schools closed because of …
education, but also reshapes social norms and gender roles In the region of Tillabéry, reported incidents … move, there is a complex reconfigu ration of gender roles, and this can, sometimes, provide a space for …
IMF: International Monetary Fund · 23 December 2024 English
2024 Selected Issues
activity rates. Social norms and stereotypical gender roles can also play a role.3 The presence of a gender …
IRENA: International Renewable Energy Agency · 22 December 2024 English
Renewable energy
opportunities in renewable energy. These include gender roles, social and cultural norms, access to training … barriers include matters surrounding normative gender roles; the participation of girls and women in science …
ERF: Economic Research Forum · 21 December 2024 English
144 | December 2024 Policy Brief Sustainable Futures: Enhancing Tunisia’s Approach to the SDGs Amid Economic and Social Challenges Adel Ben Youssef About the authors In a nutshell Adel Ben …
infrastructure, shortages of essential towards gender roles, particularly in rural areas, limit medicines …
UN DESA: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs · 20 December 2024 English
International Migration and Sustainable Development examines the linkages between international migration and the social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainable development. It discusses how international migration is defined and measured, …
attitudes and norms regarding family size and gender roles from their diasporas can also contribute to … S98–S114. Blau, F. D. (2015). Immigrants and gender roles: Assimilation vs. culture, Discussion Paper … explained by differences in human capital and gender roles and attitudes. However, migrant women often …
