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                                   EQD 7010 GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT ISSUES


                 Learning Outcomes             At the end of the course, students are able to:

                                               (1) Review theoretical and conceptual issues in gender and
                                                   development;
                                               (2) Compare  developing  world  experiences  in  gender
                                                   development; and
                                               (3) Critically   analyse   development      policies   and
                                                   interventions  policies  on  issues  of  gender  equity  and
                                                   gender-aware planning.

                 Synopsis of Course            This  course  is  designed  to  familiarise  students  with  the
                 Contents                      main  analytic  debates  in  the  field  of  gender  and
                                               development.  The  issues  on  closing  the  gender  gap  in
                                               labour  force,  state-civil  society  relations  and  women’s
                                               movements and state and governance are key concepts of
                                               development  that  will  be  addressed  in  the  course.  Key
                                               policy  and  conceptual  debates  will  also  be  examined  in
                                               conjunction   with    how    development    policies   and
                                               interventions  construct  gender  and  how  they  impact
                                               different  gender  differently.  Through  various  methods  of
                                               learning  in  class,  students  will  be  given  the  knowledge  to
                                               evaluate the current situation and think of ways to improve
                                               the situation by integrating the needs of women and men in
                                               all  aspect  of  development  to  achieve  economic,  political,
                                               and social well-being of the people.
                 Assessment                    Continuous Assessment: 60%
                                               Final Examination: 40%
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                 Main Reference                (1) Lourdes Beneria, Gunseli Berik and Maria S. Floro, 2
                                                   Ed.  (2016).  Gender,  Development  and  Globalization:
                                                   Economics as if All People Mattered. New York: Taylor
                                                   & Francis.
                                               (2) Nalini  Visvanathan,  Lynn  Duggan,  Laurie  Nisonoff  and
                                                   Nan Wiegersma. Ed. (2011). The Women, Gender and
                                                   Development Reader. Halifax: Fernwood Publication.
                                               (3) Janet Momsen. (2010). Gender and Development. New
                                                   York: Routledge.
                                               (4) Sarkar,  Aanchal  (2006).  Gender  and  development.
                                                   Pragun Publications.
                                               (5) Parpart, J.L, Connelly, P. M., & Barriteau, V.E. (2000).
                                                   Theoretical  perspectives  on  gender  and  development.
                                                   IDRC Books.
                                               (6) Harrison,  Elizabeth,  Harrison,  Elizabeth,  Whitehead,
                                                   Ann. (2009). Gender Myths and Feminist Fables : The
                                                   Struggle  for  Interpretive  Power  in  Gender  and
                                                   Development. Wiley-Blackwell.
                                               (7) Ester  Boserup.  (2007).  Women’s  role  in  economic
                                                   development. New York: Taylor & Francis.



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