Gender equality  

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Gender equality, is also known as sex equality or sexual equality or equality of the genders which implies that men and women should receive equal treatment unless there is a sound biological reason for different treatment.

The concept based on the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, and the ultimate aim is to provide equality in law and equality in social situations, especially in democratic activities and securing equal pay for equal work and for example Equal Rights Amendment in United States.

See also

General issues

• Complementarianism
• Egalitarianism
• Feminism
• Gender inequality
• Gender mainstreaming
• Masculism
• Men's rights
• Right to equal protection
• Sex and gender distinction
• Sexism
• Women's rights

Specific issues

• Bahá'í Faith and gender equality
• Female economic activity
• Female education
• Gender Parity Index (in education)
• Gender sensitization
• Matriarchy
• Matriname
• Mixed-sex education
• Patriarchy
• Quaker Testimony of Equality
• Shared Earning/Shared Parenting Marriage (also known as Peer Marriage)
• Women in Islam

Laws

• Anti-discrimination law
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women or CEDAW (United Nations, 1979)
• Danish Act of Succession referendum, 2009
• Equal Pay Act of 1963 (United States)
• Equality Act 2006 (UK)
• Equality Act 2010 (UK)
• European charter for equality of women and men in local life
• Gender Equality Duty in Scotland
• Gender Equity Education Act (Taiwan)
• Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (United States, 2009)
• List of gender equality lawsuits
• Paycheck Fairness Act (in the US)
• Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (United States)
• Uniform civil code (India)
• Women's Petition to the National Assembly (France, 1789)

Organizations and ministries

• Afghan Ministry of Women Affairs (Afghanistan)
• Centre for Development and Population Activities
• Christians for Biblical Equality
• Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (European Parliament)
• Equal Opportunities Commission (UK)
• European Institute for Gender Equality
• Gender Empowerment Measure, a metric used by the United Nations
• Gender-related Development Index, a metric used by the United Nations
• Government Equalities Office (UK)
• International Center for Research on Women
• Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality (Sweden)
• Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development (Malaysia)
• Philippine Commission on Women (Philippines)
• The Girl Effect, an organization to help girls, worldwide, toward ending poverty

Historical anecdotal reports

• New York Times

Other related topics

• Global Gender Gap Report
• Shakers
• International Men's Day
• Potty parity
• Women's Equality Day
• Illustrators for Gender Equality
• Gender apartheid
• Gender-equality paradox