This course looks at the inter-linkages between women and peace. It introduces some of the basic concepts of gender which will enable the learners to critically engage with women’s questions in relation to peace. This is an interdisciplinary course which offers a gender perspective to the peace process in the contexts of India and in the International arena. The course allows learners to locate women’s questions in contexts of caste, community, ethnicity, violence, environmental movements, economic participation and so on. The centrality of this course also revolves around the issue i.e., women’s role in the peace building process as agents of change initiatives.
MGPE-012 Women and Peace (Elective Course)
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Overview
Syllabus
MGPE-012: Women and Peace
Week
e-Content/PDFs
Week-1
Unit-1: Women’s Place and Role (Demographic; First Teacher)
Week-2
Unit-2: Women as Survivors, Beneficiaries and Peacemakers
Week-3
Unit-3: Women’s Place in Different Cultures
Week-4
Unit-4: Peace Building: Women’s Perspective
Week-5
Unit-5: Structural Violence
Unit-6: Caste, Communalism and Ethnic Violence
Week-6
Unit-7: Violence against Women: Global Dimension
Week-7
Unit-8: Case Studies
Week-8
Unit-9: Development Discourse
Week-9
Unit-10: Political and Economic Participation of Women
Week-10
Unit-11: Women and Environment
Unit-12: Case Studies (Green Belt, SEWA, Grameen Bank and Self-Help Groups)
Week-11
Unit-13: Global Peace Initiatives
Unit-14: Asian Peace Initiatives
Week-12
Unit-15: Peace Initiatives in India
Unit-16: Challenges Ahead: The Gandhian Alternative
Taught by
Dr. Sunita Dhal
