Gender and Development

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

The objective of this module is to enable students to understand the role of gender relations and inequalities in processes of development, both at local and global levels. The module will provide students with the tools to understand and analyze gender relations and inequalities in their myriad forms, and will enable them to consider different approaches to development through a gender lens. The impact of North-South power relations and global inequalities on gender and development, the role of the United Nations in establishing and monitoring human rights and development norms and principles, and the intersections between local and global feminisms will be explored throughout. The module will address topics and issues such as economics, poverty, development, sexuality and sexual health, gender based violence and the role of men and masculinities. Overall, the module will provide students with critical conceptual and analytical tools for understanding and aiming to transform gender relations within an unequal world.