Gender Diversity & Sustainable Social Development
This course uses the UNWomen's approach to gender diversity and sustainable development to encompass the issues that hinder and those that contribute to the progress of women and gender diversity within sustainable development. The course reviews the environmental, social, and economic relevance and impact on gender. The specific topics will include, the intersectionality of gender and sustainability in the context of agriculture, forestry, water, health, investment and corporate social responsibility and each topic will highlight a specific region or nation. The course will provide an overview of the underlying intersectionalities of class, age, region within Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
Prerequisites: Only open to students admitted into the MA in Public Service Leadership (PSLD-MA).
Outcomes: Describe sustainability and the significance of its interaction with gender; Critically review the history of global development agenda from a gendered perspective; Utilize interdisciplinary frameworks of gender inequity and sustainability; Assess variations in women's contributions to social development - historically, culturally, and politically; and Analyze women and gender within issues of Agriculture, Forestry, Water, Health and Investment in sustainable development.
Prerequisites: Only open to students admitted into the MA in Public Service Leadership (PSLD-MA).
Outcomes: Describe sustainability and the significance of its interaction with gender; Critically review the history of global development agenda from a gendered perspective; Utilize interdisciplinary frameworks of gender inequity and sustainability; Assess variations in women's contributions to social development - historically, culturally, and politically; and Analyze women and gender within issues of Agriculture, Forestry, Water, Health and Investment in sustainable development.