TOPICS: WOMEN & DEVELOPMENT in Spring 2019 (GS3091A)

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Course Master: 
TOPICS IN GENDER STUDIES (GS3091)
Term: 
Spring 2019
Discipline: 
GS (Gender Studies)
Credits: 
4 credits
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
Yes
Cross Listed: 
TOPICS: WOMEN & DEVELOPMENT in Spring 2019 (GS3091A)
Exam Date: 
Tuesday, May 14, 2019 - 12:00
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None

Professor(s)

Lissa Lincoln

Notes

What actions have governments, civil society stakeholders, NGOs and private institutions taken to advance women’s rights and gender equality in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030? In parallel to the UN's SDGs and a recent Oxfam Canada feminist "score card", this course will grapple with questions central to the subject of Women in Development (WID) and Gender and Development. We will undertake critical and much-needed explorations within the fields of representation and leadership, violence against women, conflict and crisis, climate change, and communication and media for development drawing from a wide range of texts by western and non-western scholars and experts, such as Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Lourdes Beneria, Shirin M. Rai, Nora Cruz-Quebral, Aili Mari Tripp and Beth Herzfeld


Learning Outcomes

  1. To develop the core study skills and critical thinking capacities required for university education.
  2. To develop creative interdisciplinary approaches to important contemporary challenges in society.
  3. To gain an understanding of the history and evolution of women and development as an area of intellectual inquiry and field of political and economic practice.
  4. To become aware of the global perspectives and debates surrounding gender and development studies

Schedule

Start Date: 
Monday, January 21, 2019
End Date: 
Friday, May 17, 2019
RoomDayStart TimeEnd Time
PV-1
Tuesday
13:45
15:05
PV-1
Friday
13:45
15:05