The Gender Standard Terminology consultation workshop was held on 19th November 2019 at the Sule Shangrila Hotel to standardize the terminology of women’s rights and gender equality which is designed to be easily implemented in Myanmar, for the organizations, such as CSO, NGO, INGO, UN agencies, researchers, students who are studying gender-related subjects, policy and lawmakers, governments stakeholders who are working on the development of policy and legislation and donor agencies. The workshop was organized by Gender Equality Network with the support of IDRC funding by the Canada Government. There were total (43) participants, (10) males, (32) females, and (2) others from (37) organizations who are actively working for women’s rights and gender equality. The workshop was conducted for the second time and consultation on over 130 terminologies related to women’s rights to be standardized and the benefits are the exact terminological accuracy and clear definitions - especially for the book publishers.

 



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