Glossary
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- CEDAW
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Classism
Classism is a form of discrimination which involves exclusion and disadvantage based on people’s socioeconomic status. Classist patterns of thought and behaviour lead to oppression based on actual or assumed social origin and status. This form of discrimination affects persons of lower socioeconomic status and extends beyond prejudice. Like sexism and racism, for example, classism is socially and structurally embedded.
- Conflict-related Sexual Violence
The term refers to to rape, sexual slavery, forced prostitution, forced pregnancy, forced marriage, and any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity.
- COP
United Nations Climate Change Conference
- CRI
Gender-responsive Climate Risk Insurance
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- Development
Development generally refers to stepwise change that signifies a (supposedly objective) improvement. In the development policy context, it refers to economic and social development in countries of the Global South. Examples are the promotion of economic growth, and sustainable development in the management of resources. The term was introduced in the second half of the 20th century during the colonial states’ independence processes and is criticised for establishing the Global North’s “level of development” as the norm, thus implying its own superiority and the backwardness of the “other”. This power imbalance continues today in the assumption that the Global North is “more developed” than the Global South and that social and economic norms from the Global North should be applied as the benchmark (of development progress). In this context, differences are generally construed as backwardness on the part of partner countries.
- Discrimination
Discrimination means unequal treatment or disadvantage experienced by individuals or groups on the basis of diverse characteristics such as origin, ethnicity, age, disabilities, gender identity, sexual orientation or religion/worldview. Multiple discrimination occurs when a person experiences discrimination on the basis of several characteristics. It is confined to the individual level and often does not consider forms of structural, institutional and historical discrimination.
- Diversity
A synonym for “variety”, this term now stands for respectful treatment of people in all their diversity. It encompasses many different characteristics: ethnic or social origin, skin colour, gender identity, and diversity of religion or worldview.
- Do no harm
The “do no harm” principle aims to ensure that potential adverse impacts of development cooperation are identified, avoided and mitigated at an early stage. In line with this principle, programmes implemented in crisis settings must be conflict-sensitive in design. A similar approach is important in relation to gender equality. If a new project or programme is planned, it must be ensured that it does not perpetuate or reinforce existing gender-specific inequalities, disadvantages or discrimination.
- Domestic Violence
Domestic violence means all acts of physical, sexual, psychological or economic violence that occur within the family or domestic unit or between former or current spouses or partners.