ITSF+5008+Gender,+Education+and+International+Development

Next Offered
Fall 2013

Professor
Regina Cortina (TC)

Syllabus
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Course description
This graduate seminar examines how feminist studies and a gender perspective have interacted with the field of international development and education. We will read and discuss relevant studies in anthropology, economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as interdisciplinary research in the fields of development studies and gender studies. We will start by understanding the political and legal advances in women’s rights against the daily reality of women’s lives in developing countries through the multiple lenses of democracy theory, neo-liberal policies and multiculturalism. This segment of the course will be followed by an examination of CEDAW (The Convention for the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women), the most important legal achievement regarding women. The final segment will include several current gender-related issues in international educational development, such as the gender gap in educational enrollment and the U. N. Millennium Development Goals. Throughout the semester, we will be reading articles, book chapters, and books on these topics as well as sources related to a specific research topic of your choice.

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