Glossary

A subtle form of negation of the reality that a person is experiencing, invalidating their lived experience dealing with discrimination and making the person doubt themself.

It refers to any harmful act that is perpetrated against an individual based on their gender. According to United Nation Is any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.

Everyone, irrespective of their sexual orientation or gender identity, has their unique way of expressing their gender, communicating who they are to the world.

It refers to our internal sense of belonging to the gender assigned at birth. Most individuals identify with their biological sex, known as being cisgender – a word still largely unknown and misunderstood. However, some realize that their societal gender role does not fit them, identifying as transgender, and the world is not inherently accommodating to them.

Intentional and unintentional insults, invalidations, and assaults based on gender and are most frequently perpetrated against women and girls”, even if they find also as targets LGBTQI+ individuals and other minorities.