“If someone believes they are limited by their gender, race or background, they will become more limited.” Gender sensitivity is the act of being aware of the ways people think about gender so that individuals rely less on assumptions about traditional and outdated views on the roles of men and women. The phrase ‘gender sensitivity’ is perhaps an unfortunate piece of jargon, but it is convenient shorthand since a better, simpler and less loaded phrase does not yet present itself. As most people know, but many still do not fully grasp, ‘sex’ refers to biological differences, while ‘gender’ describes the characteristics that a society or culture dense as masculine or feminine. So in one sense, being sensitive to gender is not a matter of nicety or manners, but very much correlated with being sensitive to culture. General Dos & Don’ts on Gender and Peace-building Some Dos Do understand that unintended and counter-productive gender-specific effect the so...