Gender Terminology Booklet

Sesotho sa Leboa Tshiven ḓ a

English

Definitions

Xitsonga

100 emancipation of all women

Process, strategy, and myriad efforts by which women have been striving to liberate themselves from the authority and control of men and traditional power structures, as well as to secure equal rights for women, remove gender discrimination from laws, institutions, and behavioural patterns, and set legal standards that shall promote their full equality with men. Methods of contraception that can be used to prevent

matlafatšo ya basadi ka moka

mbofholowo ya vhafumakadzi mbofholowo ya vhasadzi

ntshunxeko wa vavasati hinkwa- vo

101 emergency

thibelapelegi ya tšhoganetšo

vhulangambebo ha shishi vhuthivhelambe bo ha shishi

nsivelambeleko wa xihatla

contraception

pregnancy in the first few days After unprotected intercourse.

102 emotional abuse Belittling, humiliating, or undermining an individual’s sense of self-worth/self-esteem

tlaišo ya maikutlo u tambudzwa lwa muhumbulo

nxaniso emoyeni nxaniso wa matitwelo

through constant criticism, verbal insults, name-calling, etc.

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Gender Terminology Booklet