Gender discrimination

• also known as sexual discrimination, is the practice of letting a person’s sex unfairly become a factor when deciding who receives an opportunity, service, job, promotion, or other employment benefit.
• It most often affects women who feel they have been unfairly discriminated against in favor of a man.

Forms of gender discrimination

1. Direct discrimination: Treating someone with a protected characteristic less favorably than others
2. Indirect discrimination: Putting rules or arrangements in place that apply to everyone, but put someone with a protected characteristic at an unfair disadvantage
3. Harassment: Unwanted behavior linked to a protected characteristic that violates someone’s dignity or creates an offensive environment for them
4. Victimization ‐ Treating someone unfairly because they’ve complained about discrimination or harassment.