Paper I Gender and Society

Unit 1:
Concept of Gender and Gender Identity Formulation

• from biological identity of sex to social identity of Gender
• Gender Divisions of Labour
• Patriarchy: Structure and its functioning with social institutions

Unit 2:
Concept of Development and Its Historical Development

• Concept of Development, Pre-requisites and Principles
• Social Change, Development and Modernisation
• Difference between Growth and Development
• Development with Human Face and Sustainable Development

Unit 3:
Status of Women in Indian Society

• Condition of women in different Societies in India?
• Status of Women in different Sectors of Development
• Social Problems related to Women

Unit 4:
Women, Environment, Migration and Displacement

• Relationship between Environment and Women
• Women and Displacement
• Women and Migration

Unit 5:
Women’s Movement, Organisations and NGOs

• Women’s Movement and Issues of Development
• Formation of Women’s Organisation: New Leaderships and Development of Women’s Networks
• NGOs and Their Strategies of Management of Gender Issues
• Gender Matrix

References:
Desai, Neera and M. Krishnaraj. 1987. Women and Society in India. Delhi: Ajanta.

Ghadially, Rehana (ed.) 1988. Women in Indian Society. New Delhi: Sage.

India, Government of India. 1974. Towards Equality: Report of the Committee on the Status of Women.

John, Mary. 1996. ‘Gender and Development in India. 1970s-1990s: Some Reflections on the Constitutive Role of Contexts’, Economic and Political Weekly. 23 November. pp. 3071-77.

Omvedt, Gail. 1975. ‘Caste, Class and Women’s Liberation in India,’ Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars 7.

Gandhi, N. and N. Shah. 1992. The Issues at Stake: Theory and Practice in the Contemporary Women’s Movement in India. New Delhi: Kali for Women.