GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT

PAPAR – I : GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT : Status and Perspective.

Unit I : Gender And Sex : Basic Concept of Gender and Sex , Need , Importance and Scope, Socialization of Gender- Equality, Roles Relations Life choices ,Values and Practices.

Unit II : Gender and Development in India : Gender in Ancient period , British period , Feminism movements in India, Evolution of right based approach to development, evolution of WID : Women in Development approach and GAD approach in India.

Unit III: Social Problems of Women in India : Child Marriage , Dowry , Ghunghat , Female Foeticide , Women Trafficking , Girls child Education, Domestic Violence, Older Women.

Unit IV: Rights of Women and Gender Development in India: Women Rights constitutional and legal safe guard available for women in India: Women domestic violence act, sexual Harassment at work place, Child marriage act.

Unit V : Tribal Women Empowerment and Gender Studies: , Concept of Empowerment, Major Problems of Tribal Women, Tribal Women Health and Empowerment , Strategies for tribal women empowerment