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| KAC5021 | Women Empowerment in Developing World | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Özgür TÜFEKÇİ | | Co-Lecturer | Assoc. Prof. Alper Tolga BULUT | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | It aims to ensure that students are equipped with the knowledge, skills and competencies related to women's and gender studies, consider the benefit of society, think creatively and critically, and are sensitive to ethical principles. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Gain awareness about the place of women in developed and developing countries. | 1,2,6,9 | 1,3,5, | | PO - 2 : | They will learn about the role of women in the development process appropriately. | 1,2,6,9 | 1,3,5, | | PO - 3 : | They will be able to participate in group discussions to express different views. | 1,2,6,9 | 1,3,5, | | PO - 4 : | Navigate the large amounts of research material available in this subject through both traditional academic sources and through the use of information technology | 1,2,6,9 | 1,3,5, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Most development planning has not specifically considered the economic and social involvement of women, who are, nonetheless, very active in the productive sector of most developing countries. In this context, students will have discussions on how women would be active on economic, social, etc. issues in developing countries. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | A General Overview | | | Week 2 | A Word of the Times, but What Does it Mean? Empowerment in the Discourse and Practice of Development | | | Week 3 | Fruits of Burden: The Organisation of Women Temporary Workers in Chilean Agribusiness | | | Week 4 | Gender and Rural-Urban Migration in China | | | Week 5 | The Grameen Bank Experiment: Empowerment of Women through Credit | | | Week 6 | Localities of Power: Gender, Parties and Democracy in Chile and Brazil | | | Week 7 | The Syrian Woman: Reality and Aspiration | | | Week 8 | 'Disempowerment' and the Politics of Civil Liberties for Iranian Women | | | Week 9 | Mid-term Exam | | | Week 10 | Violence in Intimate Relationships: A Research Project in India | | | Week 11 | Engendering the Analysis of Conflict: A Southern Perspective | | | Week 12 | Women Dying, Women Working: Disempowerment in British India | | | Week 13 | Assessing the Impact: NGOs and Empowerment | | | Week 14 | Collective Action for Educational and Occupational Empowerment | | | Week 15 | Islam and Women?s Associations | | | Week 16 | General Evaluation | | | |
| 1 | Afshar, Haleh. 1998; Women and Development, MacMillan, London | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 11.2021 | 1 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 12 | 12.2021 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 01.2022 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 5 | 14 | 70 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 5 | 30 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 5 | 6 | 30 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 6 | 8 | 48 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 3 | 3 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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