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SOCI-134 Women and Development
Women’s experiences are shaped by socioeconomic status, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, and age. This diversity is true not only in our own countries, but globally, and it tremendously influences gender equality and development efforts. Stimulated by the United Nations’ Fourth Women’s World Conference in 1995, reaffirmed in 2005, awareness of the global diversity in women’s experiences and equality struggles continue to grow.
We will analyze this global diversity and integrate it with feminist theoretical perspectives on gender and development. Our scholarly journey will explore the evolution of gender and development theories, feminist scholarship, introduce competing theoretical frameworks, and examine new and emerging debates. We will also focus on the implications of theory for policy, social justice and practice in creating a more egalitarian global society.
• This is an exciting course and will give you an intellectual overview of the main issues and topics relevant to the impact of gender, development and globalization in the areas of work and labor, family, education, politics as well as the effects of political instability including war and armed conflict.
• We will also examine ways in which programs and feminist organizing have been implemented on national and local levels that aim to improve the lives of people in developing nations. Our readings cover an array of nations and often include the United States, United Nations and other international entities that greatly impact communities and cultures in the developing world. Many other topics also range from controversial matters such as female genital mutilation, human trafficking, women and war to such deeply embedded problems as refugees, environment, poverty and gender.
• The benefits of this course are wide-ranging. Not only will you gain a sociological understanding of women and development, but also engage in critical thinking and become more aware of the social forces that shape your orientation and view of the world.
Development, globalization, and social justice issues are always in the news—I encourage you to follow news stories/ print media/ television/ Web, and introduce topics as appropriately related to topics and concepts of the course for class discussion. For example, occasionally listening to NPR, watching PBS, and reading the Washington Post and New York Times newspapers and their websites.
Fourth-Credit Option:
This course encourages the application of the knowledge you will learn in class to real-life issues and concerns. Although this course is offered as a 3 credit, students are offered the opportunity to extend this class into a 4 Credit Option. [Encouraged, not required].
This process is commonly called “Community-Based Learning” or “Service-Learning.” In addition to deepening your student learning experience, this approach provides much-needed and appreciated support to nonprofit organizations and schools that are serving local communities and develops a partnership between the campus and the city.
I will work with you individually and together with the Center for Social Justice, Research, Teaching and Service, we will help you identify which DC-area organizations would be a good match for the topic or issue you are pursuing culminating
in a project positioned to help you explore how and where to incorporate a service-learning project into this course.
The CBLC program helps you integrate community-based work for social justice with course materials so that your learning is enriched by the work in the community, while that work is deepened by the course work. This requires that you:
• Commit approximately four hours per week with a community organization (40 hours per semester)
• Meet learning goals agreed upon by your agency, professor, and you
• Attend an orientation
• Participate in three discussion sessions
• Write three reflective essays
N.B. You can visit their web-site for additional information at http://socialjustice.georgetown.edu/teaching/cblcstudents.html
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
Course syllabi
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Fall '08:
Schiwietz, Christine
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Sections:
SOCI-134-01 Women and Development
Women’s experiences are shaped by socioeconomic status, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, and age. This diversity is true not only in our own countries, but globally, and it tremendously influences gender equality and development efforts. Stimulated by the United Nations’ Fourth Women’s World Conference in 1995, reaffirmed in 2005, awareness of the global diversity in women’s experiences and equality struggles continue to grow.
We will analyze this global diversity and integrate it with feminist theoretical perspectives on gender and development. Our scholarly journey will explore the evolution of gender and development theories, feminist scholarship, introduce competing theoretical frameworks, and examine new and emerging debates. We will also focus on the implications of theory for policy, social justice and practice in creating a more egalitarian global society.
• This is an exciting course and will give you an intellectual overview of the main issues and topics relevant to the impact of gender, development and globalization in the areas of work and labor, family, education, politics as well as the effects of political instability including war and armed conflict.
• We will also examine ways in which programs and feminist organizing have been implemented on national and local levels that aim to improve the lives of people in developing nations. Our readings cover an array of nations and often include the United States, United Nations and other international entities that greatly impact communities and cultures in the developing world. Many other topics also range from controversial matters such as female genital mutilation, human trafficking, women and war to such deeply embedded problems as refugees, environment, poverty and gender.
• The benefits of this course are wide-ranging. Not only will you gain a sociological understanding of women and development, but also engage in critical thinking and become more aware of the social forces that shape your orientation and view of the world.
Development, globalization, and social justice issues are always in the news—I encourage you to follow news stories/ print media/ television/ Web, and introduce topics as appropriately related to topics and concepts of the course for class discussion. For example, occasionally listening to NPR, watching PBS, and reading the Washington Post and New York Times newspapers and their websites.
Fourth-Credit Option:
This course encourages the application of the knowledge you will learn in class to real-life issues and concerns. Although this course is offered as a 3 credit, students are offered the opportunity to extend this class into a 4 Credit Option. [Encouraged, not required].
This process is commonly called “Community-Based Learning” or “Service-Learning.” In addition to deepening your student learning experience, this approach provides much-needed and appreciated support to nonprofit organizations and schools that are serving local communities and develops a partnership between the campus and the city.
I will work with you individually and together with the Center for Social Justice, Research, Teaching and Service, we will help you identify which DC-area organizations would be a good match for the topic or issue you are pursuing culminating
in a project positioned to help you explore how and where to incorporate a service-learning project into this course.
The CBLC program helps you integrate community-based work for social justice with course materials so that your learning is enriched by the work in the community, while that work is deepened by the course work. This requires that you:
• Commit approximately four hours per week with a community organization (40 hours per semester)
• Meet learning goals agreed upon by your agency, professor, and you
• Attend an orientation
• Participate in three discussion sessions
• Write three reflective essays
N.B. You can visit their web-site for additional information at http://socialjustice.georgetown.edu/teaching/cblcstudents.html
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
SOCI-134-02 CBL: Women & Development
Women’s experiences are shaped by socioeconomic status, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, and age. This diversity is true not only in our own countries, but globally, and it tremendously influences gender equality and development efforts. Stimulated by the United Nations’ Fourth Women’s World Conference in 1995, reaffirmed in 2005, awareness of the global diversity in women’s experiences and equality struggles continue to grow.
We will analyze this global diversity and integrate it with feminist theoretical perspectives on gender and development. Our scholarly journey will explore the evolution of gender and development theories, feminist scholarship, introduce competing theoretical frameworks, and examine new and emerging debates. We will also focus on the implications of theory for policy, social justice and practice in creating a more egalitarian global society.
• This is an exciting course and will give you an intellectual overview of the main issues and topics relevant to the impact of gender, development and globalization in the areas of work and labor, family, education, politics as well as the effects of political instability including war and armed conflict.
• We will also examine ways in which programs and feminist organizing have been implemented on national and local levels that aim to improve the lives of people in developing nations. Our readings cover an array of nations and often include the United States, United Nations and other international entities that greatly impact communities and cultures in the developing world. Many other topics also range from controversial matters such as female genital mutilation, human trafficking, women and war to such deeply embedded problems as refugees, environment, poverty and gender.
• The benefits of this course are wide-ranging. Not only will you gain a sociological understanding of women and development, but also engage in critical thinking and become more aware of the social forces that shape your orientation and view of the world.
Development, globalization, and social justice issues are always in the news—I encourage you to follow news stories/ print media/ television/ Web, and introduce topics as appropriately related to topics and concepts of the course for class discussion. For example, occasionally listening to NPR, watching PBS, and reading the Washington Post and New York Times newspapers and their websites.
Fourth-Credit Option:
This course encourages the application of the knowledge you will learn in class to real-life issues and concerns. Although this course is offered as a 3 credit, students are offered the opportunity to extend this class into a 4 Credit Option. [Encouraged, not required].
This process is commonly called “Community-Based Learning” or “Service-Learning.” In addition to deepening your student learning experience, this approach provides much-needed and appreciated support to nonprofit organizations and schools that are serving local communities and develops a partnership between the campus and the city.
I will work with you individually and together with the Center for Social Justice, Research, Teaching and Service, we will help you identify which DC-area organizations would be a good match for the topic or issue you are pursuing culminating
in a project positioned to help you explore how and where to incorporate a service-learning project into this course.
The CBLC program helps you integrate community-based work for social justice with course materials so that your learning is enriched by the work in the community, while that work is deepened by the course work. This requires that you:
• Commit approximately four hours per week with a community organization (40 hours per semester)
• Meet learning goals agreed upon by your agency, professor, and you
• Attend an orientation
• Participate in three discussion sessions
• Write three reflective essays
N.B. You can visit their web-site for additional information at http://socialjustice.georgetown.edu/teaching/cblcstudents.html
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: None
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