Providing
Professional Education in Social and Human Development
PRIA International Internship Programme
Certificate
in Understanding Gender in Society
I
. Why the need for this course?
Ever
since the rise of the second wave
of the women's movement in the
70s and with the United Nations
declaring 1975-1985 as the decade
of women, there has been no looking
back. Over the past 25 years,
the sociology of women has given
way to the sociology of gender
and understanding women in relation
to men in terms of what they were,
are or can be. Also today there
is an understanding that there
are 'feminities' and 'masculinities'
which are more multiple than singular
expressions of gender.
Lessons
in the development sector have
increasingly begun to relate gender
in connection with other basis
of differentiation in society
based on religion, caste, class,
sexual orientation, age or sex,
which come into existence but
are always subject to change.With
that come the conclusion that
gender is a cross cutting theme
which cuts across all religions,
ethnicity, sex, age, class and
caste barriers placed by society.
Since
its inception, PRIA has been actively
involved in fulfilling its vision
of creating a society characterised
by gender justice and equity.
Towards the fulfillment of this
commitment, gender mainstreaming
in the institutional development
has become an explicit Governing
Board Policy, addressing PRIA's
concern about gender equity at
the workplace. This is reflected
in its gender policy with its
well-defined terms of reference
and the formation of the Committee
Against Sexual Harassment (CASH)
that later evolved into the Committee
on Gender Awareness and Mainstreaming
in PRIA(CGAMP). Backed by PRIA's
vast experience in the field and
its commitment towards ensuring
an equitable gender just society,
this programme attempts to take
you through the different dimensions
of gender in relation to the society
we live in today.
II.
Who can join?
The
course is intended for resource
providers, policy makers, practioners
and researchers from South Asia,
who are working or interested
in working for strengthening gender-mainstreaming
efforts within or outside of their
area. These include staff of donor
agencies (multilateral, bi-lateral,
state or non state actors), government
officials, civil society organisations,
social activists, university students
and researchers.
It
will provide in-service career
opportunity for practioners. The
participants can be mid career
professionals or young professionals,
with limited practical experience
of working for or with civil society
organisations. The minimum required
qualification is Bachelor degree
in any subject. The learners
should have an easy access to
computer and Internet facilities
otherwise they might miss out
on significant portions of the
course.
III.
Special features
•
This innovative course is one
of its kind, at the national,
regional and international level,
in a distance education mode,
so that a course of such caliber
and content is also easily accessible
to a wider audience in which even
stay at home parents and dropouts
have an opportunity to learn.
•
It will consider a range of conceptual
and practical issues faced in
the quest for a gender just society. •
It encourages critical analysis
of different debates and perspectives
on the theme. •
The course material is specially
designed and developed to meet
special requirements of distance
mode of education. It includes
inbuilt exercises and intext questions
to stimulate critical thinking
and analysis. •
The entire course will be taken
by distance education, making
learning accessible, outside working
hours. Distance delivery includes
print material (a manual and CD-ROM),
enhanced with Web-Conferencing
activities and discussion facilitated
by an instructor at an internet
Web site. •
To encourage maximum interaction
between the instructor and the
learners a PRIA web board has
been developed wherein the students
can post their queries, comments,
suggestions, and experiences and
participate in the online but
asynchronous discussions. The
students can also access the tutor
through emails and phone.
IV.
Course structure
Course
goal
To
strengthen understanding on the
concepts and principles of the
underlying gender inequalities
in society.
To
meet the above goal, the course
is divided into six units:
Unit
1: Gender definition and reality
•
Sex and Gender
• Gender Stereotyping
• Patriarchy
Unit
2: Ways of understanding gender
•
Socialisation
• Different ways of
understanding gender
• The socialisation
process
Unit
3: Gender based violence
•
Violence
• Forms of gender based
violence
• Public and private
domains of violence
Unit
4: Gender in institutions
•
Gender and educational institutions
• Gender and media
• Gender and law
Unit
5: Gender and health
•
Gender and health
• Gender and HIV/AIDS
• Access to health
care
Unit
6: Creating gender sensitive environments
•
Implication of mainstreaming in
sensitisation
• Gender sensitive
behaviour
• Creating a gender
sensitive environment
V.
Learning objectives
On
the completion of the course,
the learners would:
• Have clear and precise
conceptual clarity on gender and
its ramification
• Understand the range
of theories and complex dynamics
of socialisation processes
• Understand and analyse
the different institutions of
society with a gender perspective
• Independently analyse
policies vis a vis ground realities
VI.
Team involved in course development
and delivery
Advisory
Committee
•
Acharya, Binoy, Director, Unnati,
Ahmedabad.
• Alkazi, Feisal, Education
Consultant, Creative Learning
for Change, New Delhi.
• Farrell, Martha,
Director, PRIA Continuing Education,
New Delhi.
• Jain, Priti, Education
Consultant, Creative Learning
for Change, New Delhi.
• Koul, B. N. (Prof.),
Former Director, Indira Gandhi
National Open University, New
Delhi.
• Sharma, Gunjan, Consultant,
New Delhi.
• Sharma, Kumud, Center
for Women's Development Studies,
New Delhi.
• Singh, R. R. (Prof.),
Retd., Tata Institute of Social
Sciences, Mumbai.
• Tandon, Rajesh (Dr.),
President, PRIA, New Delhi.
Faculty
Course
Instructors
• Bhattacharya, Saswati,
Executive, PRIA Continuing Education,
New Delhi.
Authors
•
Alkazi, Feisal, Education Consultant,
Creative Learning for Change,
New Delhi.
• Bhatt, Nandita, Junior
Fellow, PRIA Continuing Education,
New Delhi.
• Jain, Priti, Education
Consultant, Creative Learning
for Change, New Delhi.
Editor
•
Farrell, Martha, Director, PRIA
Continuing Education, New Delhi.
Language
Editor
•
Drall, Nomita, Language Consultant,
New Delhi
Coordinator
•
Ara, Shabeen (Dr.), Coordinator,
PRIA Continuing Education, New
Delhi.
Eligibility
:The
minimum required qualification
is Bachelor's degree
in any subject.
Mode
of delivery :
The course is offered in a distance
mode, making learning accessible
through part time study, outside
working hours. Distance delivery
includes print materials, audio-visual
CDs, guest faculty and immediate
and engaged communication through
web board.
Duration
:The
course is of 3 months duration
.
Medium
of instruction :The
course will be delivered in English
& Hindi.
Credits
and evaluation :It
is a 8-credit course and involves
240 study - hours. Evaluation
will be based on written assignments
in the form of reflection papers
and project work.
Course
fee :The
course fee is Rs.6000/- or 250
US$ for applicants outside India,
for Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal,
Pakistan and Sri Lanka- The fee
is INR 7000/-payable in one installment.
Payment
of fee :The
fee is to be payed in Demand Draft
drawn in favour of "Society
for Participatory Research in
Asia", payable at New Delhi.
The fee can also be paid through
Bank Transfer.
Regitration
Deadline: The
last date for receiving filled
in application form is 31st of
August, 2009
