Gender And Development

Introduction (3CH)

• Key definitions
• The concept of gender
• Concept of development/economic development
• National gender policy (Uganda as a case study)
• Test questions
  

Gender awareness (3CH)

• The need for gender awareness
• Women in development in a historical perspectives
• Gender roles, the family and household
• The heterogeneity nature of household structures
• Test questions
  

Policy approaches to women in development in developing countries (4CH)

• Objectives of the policies
• Actors and actions of the stakeholders
• Obstacles in the implementation of policies
• Test questions.
  

The gender planning process and the implementation of planning practice (9CH)

• Gender planning
• Planning traditions or groups according to Safire
• Issues in gender planning
• Gender planning: Characteristics of a new planning traditions and its methodology
• Methodological tools and principles
• Gender planning procedures
  

Realities and norms of participatory development (6CH)

• The meaning of participatory development
• Objectives
• Basic principles of participatory development
• The position of women and men
  

NGOs as for gender and development (3CH)

• Approaches of NGO activities
• The social and political agenda of NGOs in gender issues
• Women ‘s organizations
• How to do women organize”/ Classification of women NGOs
  

Gender issues in agriculture (3CH)

• Sex stereotyping in development- planning and policy
• Resource constraints
• Development planning and gender issues in rural development
• Policy issues
  

Gender and the legal framework (6CH)

• Women and the law
• The global platform for actions and areas of concern
• Human rights of women
• Actors in women’s human rights
  

Critical/contentious issues for discussions (4CH)

• Women’s active participation in politics
• Domestic violence
• Bride wealth
• Property ownership
  
• Affirmation action and gender equality
  

MODE OF DELIVERY

• Lectures
• Practical assignments
• Field trips
• Documentaries
  

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND / OR EQUIPMENT

• Whiteboard and Markers
• Flip Charts
• LCD Projectors
• CDs, DVDs and Tapes