Definition(s) The socially constructed attributes, roles, activities, responsibilities and needs predominantly connected to being male or female in given societies or communities at a given time. Source(s) Derived by EMN from the list of Concepts and Definitions on the UN Women website. Translations BG: социален пол CS: gender DE: soziales Geschlecht EL: φύλο EN: gender ES: género ET: sugu FI: sukupuoli FR: genre GA: inscne HR: rod HU: nemi szerep IT: genere LT: lytis LV: dzimums MT: Ġeneru / Ġens / Sess NL: gender PL: gender, płeć społeczno-kulturowa PT: género RO: gen SK: rod SL: spol SV: genus NO: kjønn KA: გენდერი UK: гендер HY: սեռ Synonym(s) gender identity Related Term(s) LGB(TI) sex sexual orientation social group Note(s) 1. People fleeing human rights violations and persecution due to their sexual orientation and/or gender identity may qualify for international protection . Directive 2011/95/EU (Recast Qualification Directive) refers in Art. 10 'Reasons for persecution' to gender related aspects, including gender identity, which shall be given due consideration for the purposes of determining membership of a particular social group or identifying a characteristic of such a group. 2. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) use the following definition of 'gender identity': '"Each person's deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth, including the personal sense of the body - which may involve, if chosen, modification of bodily appearance or function by medical, surgical or other means - and other expressions of gender, including of dress, speech and mannerism (see ICJ, Yogyakarta Principles - Principles on the Application of International Human Rights Law in relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, ('Yogyakarta Principles'), March 2007)
