Sexism is prejudice or discrimination based on one's sex or gender.
Sexism can affect anyone, but it primarily affects women and girls. It has been linked to stereotypes and
gender roles, and may include the belief that one sex or gender is intrinsically superior to another. Extreme
sexism may foster sexual harassment, rape, and other forms of sexual violence. Gender discrimination may encompass
sexism, and is discrimination toward people based on their gender identity or their gender or sex differences. Gender discrimination is especially defined in terms of workplace inequality. It may arise from social or cultural customs and norms.
Gender
empowerment is the
empowerment of people of any gender. While conventionally the aspect of it is mentioned for the
empowerment of women, the concept stresses the distinction between biological sex and gender as a role, also referring to other marginalized genders in a particular political or social context. It also points to approaches regarding other marginalized genders in a particular political or social context. This approach to
empowerment is partly informed by
feminism and employed legal
empowerment by building on international
human rights.
Empowerment is one of the main procedural concerns when addressing
human rights and development.