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| Certificate in Understanding Gender in Society |
| APPLICATION FORM |
Next offering: 1 October 2010 - 31 December 2010
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. |
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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. |
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| 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. |
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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. |
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| Special features |
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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. |
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It will consider a range of conceptual and practical issues faced in the quest for a gender just society. |
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It draws together theory It encourages critical analysis of different debates and perspectives on the theme. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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| Course structure |
| Course goal |
"To strengthen understanding on the
concept of gender and for developing strategies for incorporating
gender into everyday situations of personal and professional
lives". |
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To meet the above goal, the course content is divided into six Units: |
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| Unit 1: Gender definition and reality |
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Sex and Gender |
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Gender Stereotyping |
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Patriarchy |
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| Unit 2: Ways of understanding gender |
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Socialisation |
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Different ways of understanding gender |
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The socialisation process |
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Unit 3: Gender based violence |
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Violence |
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Forms of gender based violence |
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Public and private domains of violence |
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| Unit 4: Gender in institutions |
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Gender and educational institutions |
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Gender and media |
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Gender and law |
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| Unit 5: Gender and health |
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Gender and health |
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Gender and HIV/AIDS |
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Access to health care |
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| Unit 6: Creating gender sensitive environments |
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Implication of mainstreaming in sensitisation |
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Gender sensitive behaviour |
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Creating a gender sensitive environment |
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Learning objectives
On the completion of the course, the learners would: |
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Have clear and precise conceptual clarity on gender and its ramification |
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Understand the range of theories and complex dynamics of socialisation processes |
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Understand and analyse the different institutions of society with a gender perspective |
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Independently analyse policies vis a vis ground realities |
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Team involved in course development
and delivery
Advisory Committee |
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Acharya, Binoy, Director, Unnati, Ahmedabad. |
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Alkazi, Feisal, Education Consultant, Creative Learning for Change, New Delhi. |
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Farrell, Martha, Director, PRIA Continuing Education, New Delhi. |
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Jain, Priti, Education Consultant, Creative Learning for Change, New Delhi. |
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Koul, B. N. (Prof.), Former Director, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. |
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Sharma, Gunjan, Consultant, New Delhi. |
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Sharma, Kumud, Center for Women's Development Studies, New Delhi. |
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Singh, R. R. (Prof.), Retd., Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. |
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Tandon, Rajesh (Dr.), President, PRIA, New Delhi. |
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| Faculty |
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| Course Instructor: |
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Farrell, Martha, Director, PRIA, New Delhi. |
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| Course authors: |
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Alkazi, Feisal, Education Consultant, Creative Learning for Change, New Delhi. |
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Bhatt, Nandita, Junior Fellow, PRIA Continuing Education, New Delhi. |
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Jain, Priti, Education Consultant, Creative Learning for Change, New Delhi. |
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| Editor |
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Farrell, Martha, Director, PRIA Continuing Education, New Delhi. |
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| Language Editor |
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Drall, Nomita, Language Consultant, New Delhi |
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| Coordinator |
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Ara, Shabeen (Dr.), Sr.
Manager, PRIA Continuing Education, New Delhi. |
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| Secretarial Support |
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Bhaskaran,K.V, Chandra Shekhar, Executive Secretary, PRIA Continuing Education, New Delhi. |
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| Admission procedure |
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Eligibility : The minimum required qualification is Bachelor's degree in any subject. |
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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. |
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Duration : The course is of 3 months duration . |
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Medium of instruction : The course will be delivered in English & Hindi. |
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Credits and evaluation : All the certificate programmes are of 8-credits and involve 240 hours of study. Evaluation will be based on written assignments in the form of reflection papers, Group work (virtual), Quiz and project work/ project proposal or an essay. |
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Course fee :Course fees are payable in one installment. The course fee for Indian students is Rs.6000/-. For students outside india, the course fee is US$ 250. For applicants in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the course fee is INR 7000/-. |
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Payment of fee : The fee is to be paid 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. |
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Application Deadline:
The last date for registration is September 17, 2010 (first come first serve basis). Application forms may be downloaded from the website: www.priaeducation.org, or e-mail education@pria.org to obtain the same. |
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