Objetivo 5: Igualdad de Género
Igualdad de Género
La igualdad de género, también conocida como equidad de género, significa que todas las personas, sin importar su identidad de género, tienen los mismos derechos, recursos y oportunidades. Esto implica que deben ser tratadas con el mismo respeto en todos los aspectos de la vida cotidiana, incluyendo el trabajo, la salud, la educación y la participación política.
Niñas y niños tienen rasgos que los distinguen y los hacen personas únicas. Como seres humanos, tienen necesidades y derechos que les permiten crecer y desarrollarse; en especial comparten el derecho de la igualdad y la no discriminación.
En tu familia, escuela y comunidad,viven niñas y niños con características físicas muy variadas: estatura,color y tipo de cabello, tono de piel y edad; pueden ser delgados, robustos o fornidos; pueden tener alguna discapacidad y usar lentes o silla de ruedas, también están las características biológicas que nos identifican como mujeres o como hombres.
Además de nuestras características físicas y biológicas cada niño desarrolla capacidades y habilidades que los distinguen hay a quienes les gusta trepar arboles,cantar, correr, dibujar, andar en bicicleta, armar figuras o rompe cabezas, nadar, bailar, jugar ajedrez, futbol o cocinar.
Muchas familias identifican, educan y forman a las niñas y los niños mediante el color y el tipo de ropa con que los visten y con los objetos que utilizan; además, los tratan de manera distinta para que aprendan a hablar, jugar y comportarse como niñas o niños.
Las niñas y los niños tienen muchas cosas en común. Piensa en tus familiares y amistades, tanto niñas como niñas y adultos mujeres y hombres. Durante un largo tiempo se ha pensado que niñas y niños tienen gustos e intereses distintos: que a los niños les gusta usar la fuerza, ser intrépidos y agresivos, y que a las niñas prefieren ser tranquilas y tiernas.
A comienzos del siglo pasado existieron escuelas que eran exclusivas para niñas o para niños; en otros casos, se les separaba en grupos dentro de una misma escuela.
Actualmente, a las escuelas asisten niñas y niños sin distinción y en muchos lugares de trabajo colaboran por igual mujeres y hombres. Como ves, niñas y niños, mujeres y hombres tienen muchos rasgos en común.
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| Niñas y niños se distinguen por el sexo con el que nacen. |
Muchas veces se les trata de manera desigual, lo que produce desventajas para ambos.
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Cada persona es diferente, merece respeto y debe
recibir un trato igualitario.
Aprendemos a conocer y amar ciertos rasgos de nuestra persona
mediante las opiniones de quienes nos rodean en la familia y en la comunidad,
pero estos criterios pueden contener estereotipos de género.

Conocer y valorar tus características, gustos e intereses,
te permite tomar decisiones para elegir las situaciones que contribuyen a tu
bienestar y rechazar las que te hacen daño.
La autoestima y el autoconcepto juegan un papel muy importante
al momento de defender tus derechos y protegerte frente a un trato desigual o a
situaciones de violencia.
Las niñas y los niños tienen derecho a participar en asuntos
de su interés, a pensar lo que quieran, a expresarse libremente y a que sus ideas
sean tomadas en cuenta. También tiene derecho a reunirse con otras niñas y niños
para compartir intereses y cooperar para mejorar donde viven.
What is gender
equality?
Gender equality,
also known as gender equity, means that all people, regardless of their gender
identity, have the same rights, resources and opportunities. This implies that
they must be treated with the same respect in all aspects of daily life, including
work, health, education and political participation.
How do we know if
we are girls or boys?
Girls and boys
have traits that distinguish them and make them unique people. As human beings,
they have needs and rights that allow them to grow and develop; In particular,
they share the right to equality and non-discrimination.
In your family,
school and community, there live girls and boys with very varied physical
characteristics: height, hair color and type, skin tone and age; They can be
thin, robust or stocky; They may have a disability and use glasses or a
wheelchair, there are also the biological characteristics that identify us as
women or men.
In addition to
our physical and biological characteristics, each child develops abilities and
skills that distinguish them, there are those who like to climb trees, sing,
run, draw, ride a bicycle, assemble figures or puzzles, swim, dance, play
chess, soccer or cook. .
Many families
identify, educate and train girls and boys through the color and type of
clothing they dress them in and the objects they use; In addition, they treat
them differently so that they learn to talk, play and behave like girls or
boys.
But then how are
we alike?
Girls and boys
have many things in common. Think about your family and friends, both girls and
adults, women and men. For a long time it has been thought that girls and boys
have different tastes and interests: that boys like to use force, be fearless
and aggressive, and that girls prefer to be calm and tender.
At the beginning
of the last century there were schools that were exclusively for girls or boys;
In other cases, they were separated into groups within the same school.
Currently, girls
and boys attend schools without distinction and in many workplaces women and
men collaborate equally. As you see, girls and boys, women and men have many
traits in common.
Girls and boys
are distinguished by the sex with which they are born.
Many times they
are treated unequally, which produces disadvantages for both.
Each person is
different, deserves respect and should be treated equally.
In addition, the
coexistence, respect and support that may exist between them is affected.
What is the right
to equality?
The General Law
on the Rights of Girls, Boys and Adolescents establishes the right to receive
the same treatment and the same opportunities to live and enjoy your human
rights. Each person is different, deserves respect and should receive equal
treatment, that is why we must learn to know each other and do you know what
you are like?
To know who you
are, you can think about what you like to do and what you don't like. You can
also observe how easily you do certain activities such as running, singing, or
developing some of your abilities. What you feel and think is also part of your
way of being and the idea you have about yourself is called self-concept, and
it allows you to act and relate to those you live with every day. In addition
to knowing who you are, you can also realize what you like about yourself as a
girl or boy. What you value about yourself is called self-esteem.
Each person is
different, deserves respect and should be treated equally.
We learn to know
and love certain traits of ourselves through the opinions of those around us in
the family and community, but these criteria can contain gender stereotypes.
For example, a
girl may feel happy because she knows that she is fast at running and there is
no one who can beat her, while another girl has learned to feel ashamed for
being runaway and restless.
Knowing and
valuing your characteristics, tastes and interests allows you to make decisions
to choose situations that contribute to your well-being and reject those that
harm you.
Self-esteem and
self-concept play a very important role when defending your rights and
protecting yourself against unequal treatment or situations of violence.
Girls and boys
have the right to participate in matters of interest to them, to think what
they want, to express themselves freely and to have their ideas taken into
account. You also have the right to meet with other girls and boys to share
interests and cooperate to improve where they live.









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