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This course will introduce key analytical tools for studying and understanding the role of gender analysis in international development. Employing a gendered lens, the course will draw from a range of subject matter expertise and themes from across different regions in the Global South. It will also draw on recent and live global issues to keep the course up to date and relevant. 

Lecture for 40 students x 10 weeks

Tutorials for 2 groups of 20 students x 10 weeks

Mandatory Entry Requirements

Entry to Honours Politics requires a grade point average of 12 (Grade C) over Politics 2A and Politics 2B as a first attempt

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Assessment

Essay 2500 words (50%)

Funding Proposal 2000 words (40%)

Seminar fulfilment (10%)

Adjustments and/or alternative modes of assessment will be available for students with disabilities which hinder attendance or prevent public speaking.

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. For non-Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below.

This course will introduce key analytical tools for studying and understanding the role of gender analysis in international development. It will do so by analysing a number of theoretical challenges to concepts of development in international politics in the first half of the course and key themes in international development in the latter half. It will provide insights into how historical trajectories have unfolded and what this means for gender, sexuality and development in the Global South today. The course aims to provide both practical skills and understandings of what it means to work in different realms of the international development sector, alongside deepening more conceptual and theoretical knowledge about the relationship between gender and international development. Issues to be covered include: trajectories of women's movements; labour distribution, poverty and the global economy of women; gender quotas and legislation for women; reproductive health and rights; peace, conflict and everyday violence, popular culture and the digital age.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Demonstrate understanding of key concepts and challenges related to the theory and practice of international development;

■ Apply theoretical gender lenses to empirical cases and conduct comparative analysis between different case studies across the Global South;

■ Critically assess different understandings of decolonizing and what this means for conceptualizing gender across different international development sectors;

■ Advance arguments in a persuasive and evidence-based manner for a global development audience. 

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components of the course's summative assessment.