Gender and Development: Critical Theories and Approaches
About this Course
Gender equality is one of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. As such, learning about the theoretical and practical interplay between gender and international development is of utmost importance to anyone working in or considering a career in this field. Here you will learn about some of the main critical theories and topics necessary for understanding a complicated and sometimes contradictory relationship between gender equality and international development initiatives. For example, why have women not been better included in peacebuilding processes? Are women more peaceful than men? How do colonial legacies influence how we think about development and gender? How do they influence collective trauma? What role might the State play in constructing gender norms? What is the difference between women’s mobilization and women’s organization? Does gender mainstreaming really work? What about quota systems? And how do we address issues of masculinity? In this course, a team of internationally acclaimed experts in the fields of gender studies, history, literature, psychology, and development studies will discuss these questions and many, many more.Created by: The University of Iceland
Level: Intermediate
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