Gender defines what it means to be a man or woman, boy or girl in a given society, and refers to the social differences between men and women that are learned, and though deeply-rooted in every culture, changeable over time, and have wide variations within and between cultures.
Jinsia inafafanua maana ya kuwa mwanamume au mwanamke, mvulana au msichana katika jamii fulani, na inarejelea tofauti za kijamii kati ya wanaume na wanawake ambazo hufunzwa, na ingawa zimekita mizizi katika kila tamaduni, zinazoweza kubadilika kwa wakati, na kuwa na tofauti za ndani na kati ya tamaduni.