Equality between men or women or gender equality implies that equal conditions for all be ensured in order to enable them to fully exercise their rights and potential and contribute to the political, economic, social and cultural development of their society, while benefitting from the outcome.
The concept of integration of the gender dimension into any action was clearly designed as a universal strategy for promoting gender equality in the Platform of Action adopted by the Fourth International Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995. This notion underscored the need to ensure that gender equality was a priority in all areas of social and economic development.