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Descriptor English: Gender-Specific Needs
Descriptor Spanish: Necesidades Específicas del Género
Descriptor necesidades específicas del género
Entry term(s) necesidad específica de género
necesidad específica del género
necesidades específicas de género
Scope note: Considera las necesidades específicas de las mujeres y los hombres y, intencionalmente, se enfoca y beneficia a un grupo específico de mujeres u hombres para alcanzar ciertos objetivos de políticas o programas o satisfacer ciertas necesidades. Dichas políticas a menudo facilitan que las mujeres y los hombres cumplan con los deberes que se les asignan en función de sus roles de género, pero no abordan las causas subyacentes de las diferencias de género. (Traducción libre del original: http://www.who.int/gender-equity-rights/knowledge/glossary/en/)
Descriptor Portuguese: Necessidades Específicas do Gênero
Descriptor French: Besoins Spécifiques des Genres
Entry term(s): Gender Specific Need
Gender Specific Needs
Gender-Specific Need
Needs, Gender Specific
Needs, Gender-Specific
Tree number(s): SP3.311.900.353.202.553
Scope note: An approach that considers women's and men's specific needs and intentionally targets and benefits a specific group of women or men to achieve certain policy or programme goals or meet certain needs. Such policies often make it easier for women and men to fulfil duties that are ascribed to them based on their gender roles, but do not address underlying causes of gender differences. (From: http://www.who.int/gender-equity-rights/knowledge/glossary/en/)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
History Note: 2019
DeCS ID: 57449
Unique ID: DDCS057449
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Gender-Specific Needs - Preferred
Concept UI FD00062143
Scope note An approach that considers women's and men's specific needs and intentionally targets and benefits a specific group of women or men to achieve certain policy or programme goals or meet certain needs. Such policies often make it easier for women and men to fulfil duties that are ascribed to them based on their gender roles, but do not address underlying causes of gender differences. (From: http://www.who.int/gender-equity-rights/knowledge/glossary/en/)
Preferred term Gender-Specific Needs
Entry term(s) Gender Specific Need
Gender Specific Needs
Gender-Specific Need
Needs, Gender Specific
Needs, Gender-Specific



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