Gender & Development

Gender & Development

1 Basic Concepts of Gender

  1. Power, Subordination, Empowerment, and Discrimination
  2. Entitlement, Needs, and Rights
  3. Women in Development (WID), Gender Mainstreaming, and Gender Parity Index (GPI)
  4. Gender and Development, Gender Planning, Gender Budgeting, and Gender Auditing
  5. GDI and GEM
  6. Gender Blind Approach, Rights Based Approach, Strategic and Practical Gender Needs
  7. Gender Analysis, Gender Gap Index, Gender Policy, and GII

2 Social Construction of Gender

  1. What is Social Construction?
  2. Social Construction and Gender
  3. Construction of a Girl Child
  4. Sex Segregation
  5. Division of Labour and Sphere of Work

3 Gender and Development Indicators

  1. Background to Gender and Development Indicators
  2. Why Look at Gender Development Indicators and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  3. Types of Gender Development Indicators
  4. Areas and Indicators of Gender Empowerment
  5. Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI)

4 Trends in Feminism

  1. Liberal Feminism
  2. Marxist Feminism
  3. Radical Feminism
  4. Postmodern Feminism
  5. Black Feminism

5 WID-WAD-GAD Part-I

  1. Boserup’s Thesis and Status of Women
  2. Women in Development (WID) Approach
  3. Women and Development (WAD) Approach
  4. Critique of WID (Women in Development)
  5. Gender and Development (GAD) Approach

6 WID-WAD-GAD Part-II

  1. Empowerment
  2. Gender Mainstreaming
  3. Gender Planning
  4. Gender Budgeting
  5. Gender Auditing

7 Affirmative Action- Inclusive Policy and Substantive 5 Equality

  1. Affirmative Action
  2. Inclusive Policy (Gender Mainstreaming)
  3. Substantive Equality: Indian Perspectives
  4. Social Protection and Social Security
  5. Special Provisions of Substantive Equity in India

8 Meeting Gender Needs through Planning

  1. Need for Gender Planning
  2. Practical and Strategic Needs
  3. From Women in Development to Gender and Development
  4. Multiple Roles of Women and Meeting Gender Needs
  5. State Interventions
  6. Gender Planning: A Starting Point for Meeting Strategic Gender Needs
  7. Policy Approaches to Gender Planning: A Case for “Third World” Women

9 Engendering Governance.

  1. Concept of Engendering Governance
  2. Initiatives for Engendering Governance
  3. Engendering Governance Through Grassroots Participation

10 Gender and Labour Market

  1. Gender in Labour Market: Concept and Dynamics
  2. Race and Gender Oppression in Labour Market
  3. ICPD Programme of Action for Empowerment of Women

11 Women and Entrepreneurship Development

  1. Women Entrepreneurship: Concept and Status
  2. Enterprise Development and Microfinance
  3. Microfinance, Self-Help Groups, and Women
  4. Critique of Microfinance and Self-Help Groups

12 Gender in Agriculture and Environment

  1. Women and Agriculture
  2. Gender Issues and Needs in Agriculture
  3. Women, Ecology, and Environment
  4. The Way Forward: Empowering Women through Strengthening Women’s Control Over Resources

13 Women in Informal Economy

  1. Informal Economy: An Overview
  2. Women in the Informal Economy in India
  3. Gender Sensitive Recommendations related to Employment

14 Women in Work-Paid and Unpaid

  1. Work Force: Concept and Meaning
  2. Gendered Segregation of Work: The Gender Division of Labour
  3. Paid Work
  4. Unpaid Work
  5. Paid and Unpaid Work: The Double Burden

15 Gender, Democracy and Development

  1. Gendered Approach to Development: The Theoretical Framing
  2. Mainstreaming Gender: The Viability of the State
  3. Democratizing the State: The Context of Globalization
  4. The Challenges Ahead

16 Gender and Education

  1. Education and Development Goals
  2. Development Goals of India
  3. Barriers to Women’s Education
  4. Strategies towards Bringing Gender Equity in Education
  5. Government Initiatives for Education Empowerment of Women in India
  6. Upgradation of Skills: Gender Perspective

17 Gender, Health and Wellbeing

  1. Health: Concept and Indicators
  2. Gender and Health
  3. Determinants of Physical Health and Well-being
  4. The Reproductive Health of Women