Incorrect option selected; correct is a. (Note: The intended correct answer is that 'gender norms' are culturally prescribed behaviors and attitudes for genders.)

Incorrect option selected; correct is a. (Note: The intended correct answer is that GBV is any act of physical, sexual or psychological harm inflicted because of gender.)

Queer theory critiques fixed identity categories and emphasizes fluidity in sexual and gender identities.

Gender budgeting integrates gender equity into budgeting to ensure resources are allocated in ways that address differential needs and impacts.

Patriarchy is understood as a social system in which men hold primary power across institutions and social roles.

Gender mainstreaming means evaluating and integrating gender perspectives into all stages of policy and program development to promote equality.

CEDAW is the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, the primary international treaty on women's rights.

Kimberlé Crenshaw introduced 'intersectionality' to explain overlapping systems of oppression in 1989.

Gender refers to socially constructed roles, behaviors and identities rather than innate biological characteristics.

Feminist criticism interrogates how gender and power operate within texts and seeks to rediscover or reassess women's literary contributions often sidelined by a male-dominated canon.