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Requirements:
Readings: Required readings should be completed before the class in which they will be discussed. Recommended readings have been included as background supplements for those of you who would like to read further on a given issue. The following required books are available for purchase at the UO bookstore:
1. Antrobus, Peggy The Global Women's Movement: Origins, Issues and Strategies Zed Books, 2004
2. Beneria, Lourdes Gender, Development and Globalization: Economics as if All People Mattered Routledge, 2003
3. Jacquette, Jane and Gale Summerfield(ed.) Women and Gender Equity in Development Theory and Practice: Institutions, Resources, and Mobilization Duke University Press, 2006
4. Sweetman, Caroline Gender and the Millennium Development Goals Oxfam GB, 2005
5. Tiessen, Rebecca Everywhere/Nowhere: Gender Mainstreaming in Development Agencies Kumarian Press, 2007
Grading will be assessed on the following: (Percent of final grade)
a. Mid-term examination, in-class on Wednesday, February 20th. 30%
Review for exam accessible here
b. 5-6 page essay: a first-person account describing a day in the 25%
life of a woman in a particular Third World country (will discuss
this further in class). Due: January 28th, in class
c. Group project: Throughout the term, members will research, 30%
meet and discuss regional challenges and progress being made on
ratifying and implementing CEDAW, the U.N. Convention on the
Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women, in
world areas grappling with development. Groups will be divided
according to the following regions: (1) Central/Latin America;
(2) China/East Asia; (3)Middle East/North Africa; (4) South Asia;
(5) Southeast Asia; and (6) Sub-Saharan Africa. In-class presentations
are scheduled for March 3, 5, 10 and one on March 12 .
Written and electronic reports
(18-20 pp.) must be submitted on day of presentation; the report of the presentation
scheduled for March 12 must be submitted on March 10th. Presentation schedule here.
d. Participation (not merely attendance). Assessment will be based 15%
on the extent to which a student shows effort to understand and
synthesize course materials.
For graduate students: A part of your participation grade will also be based on your facilitation of a given discussion theme identified in this syllabus. (Please ensure you have signed up to facilitate one of the twelve themes by the second class meeting.) The expectation is that, in a creative manner, you will introduce key themes from the readings and raise questions prompting discussion. Remember, you are not being asked to lecture about the material, nor review what students have already read, but rather to spark discussions on specific issues which you identify as being important. Undergraduates interested in facilitating a theme may certainly do so, but there is no ‘extra credit’ associated with doing this.
for questions regarding this site please e-mail Professor Anita Weiss
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