COURSE OUTLINE
GENDER STUDIES- 100 MARKS
Week
Plan:
Week
1: Introduction to Gender Studies
·
Introduction to Gender Studies
·
Difference between Gender and Women
Studies
·
Multi-disciplinary nature of Gender
Studies
·
Autonomy vs. Integration Debate in Gender
Studies
·
Status of Gender Studies in Pakistan
Week 2: Social
Construction of Gender
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Historicizing Constructionism
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Problematizing the category of “Sex”:
Queer Theory
·
Is “Sex” socially determined, too?
·
Masculinities and Feminism
·
Nature versus Culture: A Debate in
Gender Development
Week 3:Feminist Theories
and Practice
·
What is Feminism
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Liberal Feminism
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Radical Feminism
·
Marxist/Socialist Feminism
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Psychoanalytical Feminism
·
Men’s Feminism
·
Postmodern Feminism
Week 4:Feminist
Movements
Feminist Movements in the West, First Wave, Second
Wave and Third Wave Feminism, United Nation Conferences on Women, Feminist
Movements in Pakistan.
Week 5: Gender and
Development
·
Colonial and Capitalistic Perspectives
of Gender
·
Gender Analysis of Development Theories;
Modernization Theory, World System Theory, Dependency Theory, Structural
Functionalism
·
Gender Approaches to Development: Women
in Development (WID), Women and Development (WAD), Gender and Development
(GAD); Gender Critique of Structural Adjustment Policies (SAPs).
·
Globalization and Gender
Week
6: Status of Women in Pakistan
·
Status of Women’s health in Pakistan
·
Status of Women in Education
·
Women and Law
·
Women and Employment
Case
Studies of:
·
Shermin Ubaid Chinoy
·
Mallala Yousaf Zai
·
Mukhtaran Mai
Week 7: Gender and
Governance
·
Defining Governance
·
Gender Issues in Women as Voters
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Suffragist Movement
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Gender Issues in Women as Candidates
·
Gender Issues in Women as
Representatives
·
Impact of Political Quota in Pakistan
Week 8: Gender Based
Violence
·
Defining Gender Based Violence
·
Theories of Violence against Women
·
Structural and Direct Forms of Violence
·
Strategies to Eliminate Violence against
Women
