Course Contents

1. Historical Contexts of gender and development 1.1. Development and Gender perspectives, relationships and basic concepts 1.2. Approaches for gender and development 1.3. Human Rights Approach to Development 1.4. Feminization of Poverty 1.5. Indicators used for development 1.6. International Instruments and Conventions on Women’s rights and implications on development processes 1.7. Feminist Critique on Millennium Development Goals 1.8. Feminist Critique on Sustainable Development GOALS Agenda 2030 2. Theories of Development: 2.1. Gender and Development theories 2.2. Welfare, basic needs, empowerment, equality, anti-poverty and empowerment 2.3. Conceptualizing power and gender in development studies 2.4. Modernization, Dependency, World System and Globalization 2.5. How women emerge in development theories as a category in development 3. Framework of Gender Analysis 3.1. Harvard Analytical Framework and People-Oriented Planning 3.2. Moser Framework 3.3. Gender Analysis Matrix 3.4. Capacities and Vulnerabilities Analysis Framework 3.5. Women's Empowerment (Longwe) Framework 3.6. Social Relations Approach 4. Gender Development Process in Pakistan, issues, constraints and way ahead 4.1. Bejing Declartion and National Plan of Action 4.2. Gender Mainstreaming and Components of Gender Mainstreaming Strategy 4.3. Pakistan and MDGs 4.4. Pakistan Development Alliance on SDGs 4.5. Micro credit schemes and poverty eradication programs

Course Synopsis

The course will cover the different approaches for gender and development and developmental theories. We will come to know the feminist critiques on MDGs and SDGs. It will cover a range of Gender analysis Frameworks.This course examines a range of issues in international development from the perspective of women and girls in particular. We will review recent literature on gender and development, including how development policies, programs and issues affect men and women, and girls and boys. It brings a critical eye to gender inequality and how it is addressed in the field of international development. We will explore issues, constraints and way ahead to Gender Development process in Pakitan.