Gender Equality Glossary and Thesaurus produced by European Institute for Gender Equality is a specialised terminology tool focusing on the area of gender equality. It aims to foster a common understanding of gender equality terms across the EU and promote gender-fair and inclusive language.
The glossary contains over 400 terms in English with their definitions and sources. In the future, it will be linked with EuroVoc, the multi-lingual EU-wide thesaurus, and it will be available in all EU languages.
With EIGE’s Gender Equality Glossary and Thesaurus you can:
- find comprehensive and detailed definitions of specific terms for your policy, advocacy or research work
- find a detailed list of sources and links to the reference or background documents
- compare similar or confusing terms and discover the differences between them
- better understand new terminology in the area of gender equality
- discover which gender equality terms are related (in a broad and narrow sense)
- discover which terms are preferred or outdated and why
- download the entire glossary as well as its parts − domains, sub-domains and even the specific concepts.
Explore Glossary and thesaurus by clicking here.