• Question: What is the difference between gender equity, gender equality and women's empowerment?

    Asked by anon-304592 to Aífe on 18 Nov 2021.
    • Photo: Aífe Hopkins-Doyle

      Aífe Hopkins-Doyle answered on 18 Nov 2021:

      Hi Finn,

      Equality is when everyone (in this case women and men) receive equal resources or opportunities regardless of their starting point (i.e., what they might already have). Equity is when resources/opportunities are shared depending on everyone’s starting point in order to make it a level playing field.

      This image illustrates the different nicely: https://interactioninstitute.org/illustrating-equality-vs-equity/

      Women’s empowerment is more of a political movement (i.e., feminism) which aims to raise the status of women’s and girls and highlight the issues faced by them.

      Cheers!

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