Table schema:
CREATE TABLE staff (staff_name VARCHAR, staff_gender VARCHAR, staff_id VARCHAR); CREATE TABLE staff_department_assignments (staff_id VARCHAR, date_assigned_from VARCHAR)

Question: Return the name and gender of the staff who was assigned in 2016.
SQL: SELECT T1.staff_name, T1.staff_gender FROM staff AS T1 JOIN staff_department_assignments AS T2 ON T1.staff_id = T2.staff_id WHERE T2.date_assigned_from LIKE "2016%"