Hot issue: Gender Equality and Gender Equity

As long as the struggle for gender equality hasexisted, there have also been discussions anddebates about what the concept gender equalitymean and how it should be used. What is thegoal, how do we reach this and who are included?Sometimes, similar concepts are used interchangeably– be it for lack of knowledge or bypurpose. A concept that is relatively often usedas an alternative to gender equality is genderequity. The aim of this brief is to clarify the differencebetween gender equality and genderequity, and to explain why Sida uses genderequality.