That’s correct!

Gender specialists agree that gender is NOT a women’s issue! Gender refers to socially constructed roles—how we are expected to behave if we are male or female. So everything in our lives—and therefore our societies—is impacted by how we treat men and women. For example, recent studies by the United Nations Development Fund (UNIFEM.org) show poverty is transferred from generation to generation along female lines. Think about it: When mothers are poor, their children suffer—regardless of their gender.