Lesson 2: Sex and Gender: Definitions and Concepts

 Video Transcript

Lesson 2 will provide you with some concepts and definitions of the terms sex and gender as they are used in colloquial and academic settings, so that you may apply them within a UN context. This lesson will also help you recognise and differentiate additional gender-related terminology and their incorporation into the United Nations, its agencies, and its peacekeeping missions. The lesson ends with a discussion on the gender perspectives and misunderstandings that can occur in a peacekeeping context.