CSS Gender Studies Syllabus

Gender Studies – 100 Marks

I. Introduction to Gender Studies

• Introduction to Gender Studies
• Difference between Gender Studies and Women Studies
• Multi-disciplinary nature of Gender Studies
• Autonomy vs. Integration Debate in Gender Studies
• Status of Gender Studies in Pakistan

II. Social Construction of Gender

• Historicizing Constructionism
• Problematizing the Category of “Sex”: Queer Theory
• Is “Sex” Socially Determined, Too?
• Masculinities and Feminism
• Nature versus Culture: A Debate in Gender Development

III. Feminist Theories and Practice

• What is Feminism?
• Liberal Feminism
• Radical Feminism
• Marxist/Socialist Feminism
• Psychoanalytical Feminism
• Men’s Feminism
• Postmodern Feminism

IV. Feminist Movements

• Feminist Movements in the West
• First Wave Feminism
• Second Wave Feminism
• Third Wave Feminism
• United Nations Conferences on Women
• Feminist Movements in Pakistan

V. Gender and Development

• Colonial and Capitalistic Perspectives of Gender
• Gender Analysis of Development Theories:
  • Modernization Theory
  • World System Theory
  • Dependency Theory
  • Structural Functionalism
• Gender Approaches to Development:
  • Women in Development (WID)
  • Women and Development (WAD)
  • Gender and Development (GAD)
• Gender Critique of Structural Adjustment Policies (SAPs)
• Globalization and Gender

VI. Status of Women in Pakistan

• Status of Women’s Health in Pakistan
• Status of Women in Education
• Women and Employment
• Women and Law

VII. Gender and Governance

• Defining Governance
• Suffragist Movement
• Gender Issues in Women as Voters
• Gender Issues in Women as Candidates
• Gender Issues in Women as Representatives
• Impact of Political Quota in Pakistan

VIII. Gender-Based Violence

• Defining Gender-Based Violence
• Theories of Violence against Women
• Structural and Direct Forms of Violence
• Strategies to Eliminate Violence against Women

IX. Case Studies

• Mukhtaran Mai
• Malala Yousafzai
• Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

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