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gender equity

Title English: 
gender equity
Definition English: 
The preferred terminology within the United Nations is gender equality, rather than gender equity.Gender equity denotes an element of interpretation of social justice, usually based on tradition, custom, religion or culture, which is most often to the detriment to women. Such use of equity in relation to the advancement of women has been determined to be unacceptable. During the Beijing conference in 1995 it was agreed that the term equality would be utilized.
Title Arabic: 
إنصاف الجنسين
Synonym Arabic: 
الإنصاف بين الجنسين؛ المساواة بين الجنسين
Title French: 
équité du traitement des deux sexes
Synonym French: 
équité du statut des deux sexes
Domain: 
Gender
Subject: 
Gender Equality
InformationType: 
Term
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