MGPE-012: Women and Peace (Elective Course)

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Free Online Course: MGPE-012: Women and Peace (Elective Course) provided by Swayam is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 12 weeks long. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Swayam. MGPE-012: Women and Peace (Elective Course) is taught by Dr. Sunita Dhal.

Overview
  • This course looks at the inter-linkages between women and peace. It introduces some of the basic concepts of gender which will enable the learners to critically engage with women’s questions in relation to peace. This is an interdisciplinary course which offers a gender perspective to the peace process in the contexts of India and in the International arena. The course allows learners to locate women’s questions in contexts of caste, community, ethnicity, violence, environmental movements, economic participation and so on. The centrality of this course also revolves around the issue i.e., women’s role in the peace building process as agents of change initiatives.

Syllabus
  • MGPE-012: Women and Peace

    Week

    e-Content/PDFs

    Week-1

    Unit-1: Women’s Place and Role (Demographic; First Teacher)

    Week-2

    Unit-2: Women as Survivors, Beneficiaries and Peacemakers

    Week-3

    Unit-3: Women’s Place in Different Cultures

    Week-4

    Unit-4: Peace Building: Women’s Perspective

    Week-5

    Unit-5: Structural Violence

    Unit-6: Caste, Communalism and Ethnic Violence

    Week-6

    Unit-7: Violence against Women: Global Dimension

    Week-7

    Unit-8: Case Studies

    Week-8

    Unit-9: Development Discourse

    Week-9

    Unit-10: Political and Economic Participation of Women

    Week-10

    Unit-11: Women and Environment

    Unit-12: Case Studies (Green Belt, SEWA, Grameen Bank and Self-Help Groups)

    Week-11

    Unit-13: Global Peace Initiatives

    Unit-14: Asian Peace Initiatives

    Week-12

    Unit-15: Peace Initiatives in India

    Unit-16: Challenges Ahead: The Gandhian Alternative