The goal of gender sensitization is to address issues in gender equality and encourage participants to pursue solutions. This can be achieved by conducting various
sensitization campaigns, training center's, workshops, programs, etc. In the domain of
Humanities and
Social Sciences, sensitization is seen as an awareness-informed propensity or
disposition which aims at changing behavior so that it is sensitive to certain issues. Gender sensitization may be seen as "the awareness informed propensity to behave in a manner which is sensitive to gender justice and gender equality issues." It is interlinked with
gender empowerment. Gender sensitization theories claim that modification of the behavior of
teachers and parents (etc.) towards children which can have a causal effect on gender equality. This is because
gender identity and
gender roles begin to develop in children at the age of 2–3 years old. Gender sensitizing "is about changing behavior and instilling
empathy into the views that we hold about our own and the other genders." It helps people in "examining their personal attitudes and beliefs and questioning the 'realities' they thought they know. == How it works ==