GLOSSARY

Prejudice :

An unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially when formed without enough thought or knowledge

Prejudice is an unreasonable dislike of a particular group of people or things, or a preference for one group of people or things over another.

Source : Collins Dictionary

Awareness :

Knowledge that something exists, or understanding of a situation or subject at the present time based on information or experience.

Source : Cambridge Dictionary

Discrimination :

Treating a person or particular group of people differently, especially in a worse way from the way in which you treat other people, because of their skin colour, sex, sexuality, etc.

Source : Cambridge Dictionary

Discrimination is the practice of treating one person or group of people less fairly or less well than other people or groups.

Source : Collins Dictionary

Gender equality :

The act of treating women and men equally

Source : Cambridge Dictionary

Homophobia :

Homophobia is a strong and unreasonable dislike of gay people.

Source : Collins Dictionary

A fear or dislike of gay people.

Source : Cambridge Dictionary

Racism :

Policies, behaviours, rules, etc. that result in a continued unfair advantage to some people

and unfair or harmful treatment of others based on race.

Source : Cambridge Dictionary

Racism is the belief that people of some races are inferior to others, and the behaviour which is the result of this belief. Racism also refers to the aspects of a society which prevent people of some racial groups from having the same privileges and opportunities as people from other races.

Source : Collins Dictionary

Stereotype :

A set idea that people have about what someone or something is like, especially an idea that is wrong.

Source : Cambridge Dictionary

A stereotype is a fixed general image or set of characteristics that a lot of people believe represent a particular type of person or thing.

Source : Collins Dictionary

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