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Course Title/Code: Course Content Course Grading System

Gender and Development and the
Rights-based Approach to Gender A. Ideology of Gender: Concepts FMG = FMG
Studies/GESS 019 and their definitions FFG = FMG + 6 SPs
B. Sources of Gender
Course Pre-Requisite/Requisite: Discrimination/Inequality Legend:
C. Feminism Theory in Gender CS – Class Standing
Studies
D. Role and Status of Filipino Grade
Women in Contemporary SP- Synthesis Paper
Society FMG – Final Midterm Grade
E. The 1995 Beijing Platform of FFG – Final Final Grade
Course Description Action
The rights-based approach to gender F. Women’s and the Gender
studies seeks to prepare students to Equality Agenda in The
understand the basic rights of women Millennium Development Goals Course Textbooks and
as human beings and how these rights (MDGs) References
have helped them to find their rightful G. Women’s and the Gender
places in their societies. The Course Equality Agenda in the Moran, Schiach. Feminism and
provides students with critical learning Sustainable Development Goals Cultural Studies. Oxford University
and knowledge about discrimination on (SDGs) Press. Oxford. 1999.
the basis of gender and how this H. The Convention on the
condition marginalizes women and Elimination of Discrimination
young girls in every component of their Against Women (CEDAW) and
private and public lives and in their role its Optional Protocols.
as citizens and members of the I. Women’s Human Rights in the
complex societies of the world. This Family
Course will build from a study of J. Women’s Human Rights to
women’s stereotype roles in history, ad Health, Reproduction and
on their role in development and Sexuality
nation-building.
Course Learning Outcomes:
At the end of this course, the
student should have been able to do
the following:
1. Study and analyze the quality
and nature of women’s
experiences, and the
perspectives in which women
are absent or peripheral
2. Examine critically the cultural
practices, beliefs and teachings
that continue to oppress women
3. Consider the various ways to
empower women through the
human-rights approach as
contained in the Convention on
the Elimination of Discrimination
Against Women (CEDAW) and
its Optional Protocols.
K. Women’s Human Rights to
Freedom from Violence
L. Women’s Human Rights in the
Economy and Work
M. Women’s Human Rights to
Education
N. The role of the UN Women and
other agencies
Course Readings & Resources
Reeves, Hazel and Baden, Sally.
Gender and Development:
Concepts and Definitions. 2000.
Institute of Development Studies,
University of Sussex, Brighton.
http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/sites/
bridge.ids.ac.uk/files/reports/re55.
pdf
UNWomen. The Convention on the
Elimination of Discrimination
Against Women (CEDAW) and its
Optional Protocols.
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/d
aw/cedaw/
UNESCO. Baseline definitions of
key concepts and terms: Gender
Mainstreaming
Implementation Framework.
UNESCO. 2003.
http://www.unesco.org/new/filead
 min/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/BSP/GENDE
R/PDF/1.%20Baseline%20Definitio
ns%20of%20key%20gender-
related%20concepts.pdf

Shahani, Lila Ramos. The status of

women in the Philippines: a 50-
year retrospective. 2012. GMA
Network. October 3.
http://www.gmanetwork.com/new
s/story/276661/news/specialreport
s/the-status-of-women-in-the-
philippines-a-50-year-retrospective

Topic Week Strategies/Activities Resources/references Evaluation

Criteria

A. Ideology of Gender: Week 1 Reeves, Hazel and Baden, Quizzes

Concepts and their Sally. Gender and Recitations
definitions Development: Concepts and
Definitions. 2000. Institute of
 Sex Development Studies,
 Gender University of Sussex, Brighton.
 Equality http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/sit
 Discrimination es/bridge.ids.ac.uk/files/reports
 Gender sensitivity /re55.pdf
 Gender mainstreaming
 De facto/de jure equality UNESCO. Baseline definitions of
key concepts and terms:
Gender Mainstreaming
 Implementation Framework.
UNESCO. 2003.
http://www.unesco.org/new/fil
eadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/BSP/
GENDER/PDF/1.%20Baseline%
20Definitions%20of%20key%2
0gender-
related%20concepts.pdf

B. Sources of Gender Week 2 Research presentations Seema Jayachandran. The Presentations

Discrimination/Inequality Roots of Gender Inequality in Assignments
Video documentaries Developing Countries. Annual Recitations
Basic Sources Review of Economics. 2014. Quizzes
 Tradition/Cultures http://faculty.wcas.northwester
 Stereotyping on the basis n.edu/~sjv340/roots_of_gende
of sex r_inequality.pdf

Reinforcing factors

 Home/family
 Church/Religion
 School education
 Media/public opinion
 Workplace/employment
 Community
 Government
 Law/judicial system
C. Feminism Theory in Week 3 Research presentations Three Waves of Feminism Presentations
Gender Studies From Suffragettes to Grrls. Assignments
Video documentaries http://uk.sagepub.com/sites/de Recitations
 Feminist movement in fault/files/upm- Quizzes
History binaries/6236_Chapter_1_Krolo
 Branches of Feminism
 Feminism Theory and
Gender
 Feminism in the
Philippines
D. Role and Status of Filipino
Women in Contemporary
Society
 Pre Spanish Era
 Spanish and American
period till World War 2
 Post-World War 2 to
present
 The Philippine Commission
on Women (PCW)
 RA 9710 The Magna Carta
of Women
kke_2nd_Rev_Final_Pdf.pdf
Judith Lorber. The Variety of
Feminisms and their
Contribution to Gender
Equality.
http://diglib.bis.uni-
oldenburg.de/pub/unireden/ur9
7/kap1.pdf
Santiago, Lilia Quindoza. Roots
of Feminist Thought in the
Philippines. 1996. Review of
Women’s Studies. UP Center
for Women’s Studies.
http://journals.upd.edu.ph/inde
x.php/rws/article/view/3112/29
29
Week 4 Research presentations Office of the President Presentations
Philippine Commission on Assignments
Video documentaries Women. REPUBLIC ACT NO. Recitations
9710-The Magna Carta of Quizzes
Women: IMPLEMENTING
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
PCW. 2010.
http://www.comelec.gov.ph/ph
p-tpls-
attachments/AboutCOMELEC/S
pecialProjects/ra9710.pdf
Shahani, Lila Ramos. The
status of women in the

E. The 1995 Beijing Platform
Philippines: a 50-year
retrospective. 2012. GMA
Network. October 3.
http://www.gmanetwork.com/n
ews/story/276661/news/special
reports/the-status-of-women-
in-the-philippines-a-50-year-
retrospective
Shahani, ila Ramos. 2015.
Engendering Development: the
Status of Women in the
Philippines. Philippine Star.
2015. March 2.
http://www.philstar.com/opinio
n/2015/03/02/1428959/engend
ering-development-status-
women-philippines
Pamela. O. Baluyot, Jose R.
Mendoza and Chynna A.
Santos. Revolutionary road:
The status of women in
contemporary Philippine
history. 2013. The Guidon.
October 23.
http://www.theguidon.com/111
2/main/2013/10/revolutionary-
road-the-status-of-women-in-
contemporary-philippine-
history/
Week 5 Research presentations UNWomen. Beijing Declaration Presentations
 of Action and Platform for Action/ Assignments
Video documentaries Beijing+5 Political Declaration Recitations
 Women and Armed and Outcome. UN 1995. Quizzes
Conflict http://www.unwomen.org/~/m
 Education and training of edia/headquarters/attachments
Women /sections/csw/pfa_e_final_web.
 Women in power and pdf
decision-making
 Women and the
environment
 Women and health
 Women and media
 Women and the economy
 Women and poverty
 Violence against Women
 Human rights of women
 Institutional mechanism
for the advancement of
women
 The girl child
F. Women’s and the Gender Week 6 Research presentations Laura Turquet, Patrick Watt & Synthesis
Equality Agenda in The Tom Sharman. Hit or miss? paper
Millennium Development Video documentaries Women’s rights and the MDGs.
Goals (MDGs) ActionAid.
https://www.actionaid.org.uk/si
tes/default/files/doc_lib/aamdg.
pdf

UN. MDGs and Beyond 2015.

Fact Sheet.
http://www.un.org/millenniumg
oals/pdf/Goal_3_fs.pdf
G. Women’s and the Gender
Equality Agenda in the
Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs)
Week 7 Research presentations UNWomen. SDG 5: Achieve Presentations
gender equality and empower Assignments
Video documentaries all women and girls. Recitations
UNWomen. 2016. Quizzes
http://www.unwomen.org/en/n
ews/in-focus/women-and-the-
sdgs/sdg-5-gender-equality

H. The Convention on the Week 8 Research presentations UNWomen. The Convention on Presentations
Elimination of the Elimination of Assignments
Discrimination Against Video documentaries Discrimination Against Women Recitations
Women (CEDAW) and its (CEDAW) and its Optional Quizzes
Optional Protocols Protocols.
http://www.un.org/womenwatc
 History of CEDAW h/daw/cedaw/
 Structure of Convention
 The 16 substantive
provisions
 Optional protocol

 CEAW Articles 1-6 part 1

-Art 1 Definition of
Discrimination
-Art 2 Obligation to Eliminate
Discrimination
-Art 3 Development and
Advancement of Women
-Art 4 Acceleration of Equality
between Men and Women
-Art 5 Sex Roles and
Stereotyping
-Art 6 Exploitation of Women
I. Women’s Human Rights in Week 9 UN. Women’s Rights are Presentations
the Family Human Rights. 2014. Assignments
http://www.ohchr.org/Docume Recitations
 CEDAW nts/Publications/HR-PUB-14- Quizzes
-Art 9 2.pdf
-Art 15
-Art 16
MID TERM EXAM
J. Women’s Human Rights to Week 10 Research presentations WHO. Sexual health, human Oral and
Health, Reproduction and rights and the law. WHO. Written
Sexuality Video documentaries Geneva. 2015. Recitation
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstrea Assignments
 Sexual Health, Human m/10665/175556/1/978924156 Quizzes
Rights and the Law-WHO 4984_eng.pdf
 The RH Bill/Law and
Women’s Right to Sexual Amnesty International. Sexual
and Reproductive Health and Reproductive Health
(SRH) Rights. Amnesty International.
FactSheet. (n.d).
http://www.amnestyusa.org/pd
fs/SexualReproductiveRightsFac
tSheet.pdf

Philippine Commission on
Women (PCW). On Universal
Access to Sexual and
Reproductive Rights:
Philippines. Philippine
Commission on Women Digital
Library.
http://library.pcw.gov.ph/sites/

K. Women’s Human Rights to
Freedom from Violence
 UN Declaration on the
Elimination of Violence
Against Women
 Domestic Violence and
Women in Conflicts
 Female Genital Mutilation
(FGM)
 Poverty and Structural
Violence
 Honor killings
L. Women’s Human Rights in
the Economy and Work
 Women in the informal
sector
 Women in Credit and
Income Generation
 Women in the Formal
sector
 Protective Labor Legislation
 Globalization and the
Women in the Workplace
default/files/Country-Profile-
SRR-Philippines.pdf
Week 11 Biographical Case WHO. Global and regional Oral and
studies estimates of violence against Written
Research presentations women. 2013. Recitation
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstrea Assignments
Video documentaries m/10665/85239/1/9789241564 Quizzes
625_eng.pdf
Week 12 Biographical Case UN Women. Progress of the Written
studies World’s Women 2015-2016: biographical
 Transforming economies, summaries
Research presentations realizing rights. UN Women.
2015.
Video documentaries http://progress.unwomen.org/e
n/2015/chapter2/
UN Women. Facts and Figures:
Economic Empowerment
UNWomen. 2015.
http://www.unwomen.org/en/
what-we-do/economic-
empowerment/facts-and-
figures
 Women’s Forum on the
Economy and Society.
http://www.womens-
forum.com/About

Katrin Elborgh-Woytek, et
al.Women, Work, and the
Economy: Macroeconomic
Gains from Gender Equity
IMF. Washington D.C. 2013.
http://www.imf.org/external/pu
bs/ft/sdn/2013/sdn1310.pdf
M. Women’s Human Rights to Week 13 Biographical Case UNFPA. The Human Rights of Written
Education studies Women. UNFPA. biographical
 Malala Yousafzai http://www.unfpa.org/resource summaries
 Education as a Human s/human-rights-women
Right Research presentations
Art 10 CEDAW
Art 13 CESCR Video documentaries
Art 28 CRC

 Benefits of Education
 Women and illiteracy
 Educating for the Needs of
Girls and Women
 Gender Role Stereotyping
in Education
 Sexual Harassment in
Schools
 Strategies for Action to
Women’s Education
N. The role of the UN Women Week 14 Research presentations UNWomen. About UN Women. Oral and
 and other agencies UNWomen. Written
Video documentaries http://www.unwomen.org/en/a Recitation
 Women in Development bout-us/about-un-women Term Paper
 Women and Development
 The Rights-based approach Sandra Fredman & Beth
to Gender Studies Goldblatt. Gender Equality and
Human Rights: Discussion
 Gender Equality and Paper. 2015.
Discrimination in the http://www.unwomen.org/~/m
ASEAN: contextual analysis edia/headquarters/attachments
/sections/library/publications/2
 ASEAN Committee on 015/goldblatt-fin.pdf
Women+3 (ACW+3)
ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on
Women. ASEAN.
http://asean.org/asean-socio-
cultural/asean-ministerial-
meeting-on-women-ammw/
ASEAN. ASEAN COMMITTEE
ON WOMEN (ACW) WORK
PLAN (2011 – 2015). Jakarta.
2012.
http://www.asean.org/storage/i
mages/2012/publications/ACW
%20Work%20Plan%202011-
2015.pdf

Araya Thongsame. Gender

Equality in ASEAN: Lesson from
the Philippines and the Road
Ahead. 2016.
http://warwickaseanconference
 .com/gender-equality-in-asean-
lesson-from-the-philippines-
and-the-road-ahead/
CRITICAL TERM PAPER EXAM

Prepared by:

SATWINDER S. REHAL
Faculty, HZB School of International Relations and Diplomacy