Article 3. Basic Concepts

The following basic concepts shall be applied in this Law:

temporary special measures to ensure the implementation of gender policy mean measures of a legal, organizational and institutional nature, which are adopted by state bodies to eliminate gender inequality, achievement of specific goals of ensurance of actual or fundamental equality of women and men;

gender means the social aspect of relations between women and men, which manifests itself in all spheres of societyʼs life, which include politics, economics, law, ideology and culture, education and science;

gender statistics means a part of state statistics, which includes data, which is disaggregated with respect to gender, on the status of women and men in all spheres of society's life, which reflects the corresponding position of persons of different genders in all spheres of social and political life, highlights gender problems and relations in society;

gender legal expertise means analysis of normative legal acts and their drafts with respect to compliance with the principles of ensurance of guarantees of equal rights and opportunities for women and men;

gender audit — the study and assessment of the status of compliance with the requirements of legislation on guarantees of equal rights and opportunities for women and men in the activities of state bodies and organizations, including in carrying out personnel policy, as well as the comprehensive gender approach;

direct discrimination on the basis of gender means any distinction, exclusion or limitation which aims at denying women and men their rights and freedoms in all spheres of societyʼs life, including discrimination on the basis of marital status, pregnancy, family responsibilities, as well as sexual harassment, different labor payment for equal work and qualifications;

indirect discrimination on the basis of gender means the creation of a situation, position or criteria which puts persons of one gender in a less favorable position in comparison with persons of the other gender, which include the promotion of gender inequality through the media, education, culture, setting conditions or requirements which may entail negative consequences for persons of a certain gender.

comprehensive gender approach — the organization by state bodies and organizations of their activities, including the implementation of personnel policy, in accordance with the legislation on guarantees of equal rights and opportunities for women and men.