Gender Terminology Booklet

Sesotho sa Leboa Tshiven ḓ a

English

Definitions

Xitsonga

vhu ṱ alusambeu mbili

155 gender binary

The classification of gender into two distinct, opposite forms of masculine and feminine, whether by social system or cultural belief.

phapantšhopedi bong

ntlawaha- tombirhi wa rimbewu

tshayan ḓ ivho ya vhu ṱ alusambeu

156 gender blindness Failure to recognise that the roles and responsibilities of women/girls and men/boys are ascribed to, or imposed upon, them in specific social, cultural, economic, and political contexts.

tlhokomologo go tša bong

nkahambanisa- rimbewu

157 gender

A strategy to achieve equality between men and women by including gender perspectives on how public resources are collected, allocated and spent. Several surgical procedures that a transgender person may choose to undergo in order to obtain the physical characteristics that match their gender identity.

tekanyetšobong vhugaganye

mpimanyetarim- bewu

lavhu ṱ alusambeu

budgeting

158 gender

karonetefatša bong

muarotshandukis avhu ṱ alusambeu

vuhandzuri bya ncincarimbewu

confirming surgery

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