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The gap in any area between women and men in terms of their levels of participation,

access, rights, remuneration or benefits.

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Fairness of treatment for women and men, according to their respective needs. This

may include equal treatment that is different but which is considered equivalent in

terms of rights, benefits, obligations and opportunities. In the development context, a

gender equity goal often requires built-in measures to compensate for the historical

and social disadvantages of women. Gender equity denotes an element of

interpretation of social justice, usually based on tradition, custom, religion or culture,

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Refers to the equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities of women and men and

girls and boys. Equality does not mean that women and men will become the same but

that women’s and men’s rights, responsibilities and opportunities will not depend on

whether they are born male or female. Gender equality implies that the interests,

needs and priorities of both women and men are taken into consideration, recognizing

the diversity of different groups of women and men. (1)

 

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Refers to the relationships and interactions between and among boys, girls, women,

and men. Gender dynamics are informed by socio-cultural ideas about gender and the

power relationships that define them. Depending upon how they are manifested,

gender dynamics can reinforce or challenge existing norms.

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Gender refers to socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women. Sex refers to the biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women, boys and girls. The role of gender and sex disparities in immunization coverage has been subject to much debate in recent years with terminology often used interchangeably (WHO 2010b). Differences based on sex and gender are important for understanding and improving outcomes and uptake rates for vaccination.

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Any person (or group) who controls what media material eventually reaches the public.

Editor, reporter, news director, or other person who decides what material is printed,

broadcast, or otherwise offered to the public. Individual who controls the flow of

information to a group of people. An individual who is positioned within a

communication network so as to control the messages flowing through communication

channels. A filter between source/receivers in the mechanistic model of

communication. (1)

 

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A generally regarded set of legal protections in the context of a legal system, wherein

such system is itself based upon this same set of basic, fundamental, or inalienable

rights. Such rights thus belong without presumption or cost of privilege to all human

beings under such jurisdiction. The concept of human rights has been promoted as a

legal concept in large part owing to the idea that human beings have such

"fundamental" rights, such that transcend all jurisdiction, but are typically reinforced in

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Statement or statistical estimate of the occurrence of a future event. This term, as well

as the term “prediction”, is used with different meanings in different disciplines.

(UN DHA)

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Illness resulting from eating food or drinking water containing poisonous substances

including bacteria, viruses, pesticides, or toxins. Symptoms generally begin within 2 to

6 hours and include abdominal cramping, diarrhea, fever, headache, nausea, vomiting,

and weakness.

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FluID is a global platform for data sharing developed by the WHO. It links regional

influenza epidemiological data into a single global database. The platform provides

connections between existing databases and can also be used to enter data directly

through a web-based interface, if desired. It complements the existing virological data

collection tool FluNet. The platform accommodates both qualitative and quantitative

data which facilitates the tracking of global trends, spread, intensity, and impact of

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