Course Program: ABA Foreign Service
Course Title/Code: Course Content Course Grading System
Gender and Development and the
Rights-based Approach to Gender A. Ideology of Gender: Concepts FMG = FMG
Studies/GESS 019 and their definitions FFG = FMG + 6 SPs
B. Sources of Gender
Course Pre-Requisite/Requisite: Discrimination/Inequality Legend:
C. Feminism Theory in Gender CS – Class Standing
Studies
D. Role and Status of Filipino Grade
Women in Contemporary SP- Synthesis Paper
Society FMG – Final Midterm Grade
E. The 1995 Beijing Platform of FFG – Final Final Grade
Course Description Action
The rights-based approach to gender F. Women’s and the Gender
studies seeks to prepare students to Equality Agenda in The
understand the basic rights of women Millennium Development Goals Course Textbooks and
as human beings and how these rights (MDGs) References
have helped them to find their rightful G. Women’s and the Gender
places in their societies. The Course Equality Agenda in the Moran, Schiach. Feminism and
provides students with critical learning Sustainable Development Goals Cultural Studies. Oxford University
and knowledge about discrimination on (SDGs) Press. Oxford. 1999.
the basis of gender and how this H. The Convention on the
condition marginalizes women and Elimination of Discrimination
young girls in every component of their Against Women (CEDAW) and
private and public lives and in their role its Optional Protocols.
as citizens and members of the I. Women’s Human Rights in the
complex societies of the world. This Family
Course will build from a study of J. Women’s Human Rights to
women’s stereotype roles in history, ad Health, Reproduction and
on their role in development and Sexuality
nation-building. K. Women’s Human Rights to
Freedom from Violence
L. Women’s Human Rights in the
Economy and Work
Course Learning Outcomes: M. Women’s Human Rights to
At the end of this course, the Education
student should have been able to do N. The role of the UN Women and
the following: other agencies
Course Readings & Resources
1. Study and analyze the quality
and nature of women’s Reeves, Hazel and Baden, Sally.
experiences, and the Gender and Development:
perspectives in which women Concepts and Definitions. 2000.
are absent or peripheral Institute of Development Studies,
2. Examine critically the cultural University of Sussex, Brighton.
practices, beliefs and teachings http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/sites/
that continue to oppress women bridge.ids.ac.uk/files/reports/re55.
3. Consider the various ways to pdf
empower women through the
human-rights approach as UNWomen. The Convention on the
contained in the Convention on Elimination of Discrimination
the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and its
Against Women (CEDAW) and Optional Protocols.
its Optional Protocols. http://www.un.org/womenwatch/d
aw/cedaw/
UNESCO. Baseline definitions of
key concepts and terms: Gender
Mainstreaming
Implementation Framework.
UNESCO. 2003.
http://www.unesco.org/new/filead
min/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/BSP/GENDE
R/PDF/1.%20Baseline%20Definitio
ns%20of%20key%20gender-
related%20concepts.pdf
Shahani, Lila Ramos. The status of
women in the Philippines: a 50-
year retrospective. 2012. GMA
Network. October 3.
http://www.gmanetwork.com/new
s/story/276661/news/specialreport
s/the-status-of-women-in-the-
philippines-a-50-year-retrospective
Topic Week Strategies/Activities Resources/references Evaluation
Criteria
A. Ideology of Gender: Week 1 Reeves, Hazel and Baden, Quizzes
Concepts and their Sally. Gender and Recitations
definitions Development: Concepts and
Definitions. 2000. Institute of
Sex Development Studies,
Gender University of Sussex, Brighton.
Equality http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/sit
Discrimination es/bridge.ids.ac.uk/files/reports
Gender sensitivity /re55.pdf
Gender mainstreaming
De facto/de jure equality UNESCO. Baseline definitions of
key concepts and terms:
Gender Mainstreaming
Implementation Framework.
UNESCO. 2003.
http://www.unesco.org/new/fil
eadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/BSP/
GENDER/PDF/1.%20Baseline%
20Definitions%20of%20key%2
0gender-
related%20concepts.pdf
B. Sources of Gender Week 2 Research presentations Seema Jayachandran. The Presentations
Discrimination/Inequality Roots of Gender Inequality in Assignments
Video documentaries Developing Countries. Annual Recitations
Basic Sources Review of Economics. 2014. Quizzes
Tradition/Cultures http://faculty.wcas.northwester
Stereotyping on the basis n.edu/~sjv340/roots_of_gende
of sex r_inequality.pdf
Reinforcing factors
Home/family
Church/Religion
School education
Media/public opinion
Workplace/employment
Community
Government
Law/judicial system
C. Feminism Theory in Week 3 Research presentations Three Waves of Feminism Presentations
Gender Studies From Suffragettes to Grrls. Assignments
Video documentaries http://uk.sagepub.com/sites/de Recitations
Feminist movement in fault/files/upm- Quizzes
History binaries/6236_Chapter_1_Krolo
Branches of Feminism kke_2nd_Rev_Final_Pdf.pdf
Feminism Theory and
Gender Judith Lorber. The Variety of
Feminism in the Feminisms and their
Philippines Contribution to Gender
Equality.
http://diglib.bis.uni-
oldenburg.de/pub/unireden/ur9
7/kap1.pdf
Santiago, Lilia Quindoza. Roots
of Feminist Thought in the
Philippines. 1996. Review of
Women’s Studies. UP Center
for Women’s Studies.
http://journals.upd.edu.ph/inde
x.php/rws/article/view/3112/29
29
D. Role and Status of Filipino Week 4 Research presentations Office of the President Presentations
Women in Contemporary Philippine Commission on Assignments
Society Video documentaries Women. REPUBLIC ACT NO. Recitations
9710-The Magna Carta of Quizzes
Pre Spanish Era Women: IMPLEMENTING
Spanish and American RULES AND REGULATIONS.
period till World War 2 PCW. 2010.
Post-World War 2 to http://www.comelec.gov.ph/ph
present p-tpls-
The Philippine Commission attachments/AboutCOMELEC/S
on Women (PCW) pecialProjects/ra9710.pdf
RA 9710 The Magna Carta
of Women Shahani, Lila Ramos. The
status of women in the
Philippines: a 50-year
retrospective. 2012. GMA
Network. October 3.
http://www.gmanetwork.com/n
ews/story/276661/news/special
reports/the-status-of-women-
in-the-philippines-a-50-year-
retrospective
Shahani, ila Ramos. 2015.
Engendering Development: the
Status of Women in the
Philippines. Philippine Star.
2015. March 2.
http://www.philstar.com/opinio
n/2015/03/02/1428959/engend
ering-development-status-
women-philippines
Pamela. O. Baluyot, Jose R.
Mendoza and Chynna A.
Santos. Revolutionary road:
The status of women in
contemporary Philippine
history. 2013. The Guidon.
October 23.
http://www.theguidon.com/111
2/main/2013/10/revolutionary-
road-the-status-of-women-in-
contemporary-philippine-
history/
E. The 1995 Beijing Platform Week 5 Research presentations UNWomen. Beijing Declaration Presentations
of Action and Platform for Action/ Assignments
Video documentaries Beijing+5 Political Declaration Recitations
Women and Armed and Outcome. UN 1995. Quizzes
Conflict http://www.unwomen.org/~/m
Education and training of edia/headquarters/attachments
Women /sections/csw/pfa_e_final_web.
Women in power and pdf
decision-making
Women and the
environment
Women and health
Women and media
Women and the economy
Women and poverty
Violence against Women
Human rights of women
Institutional mechanism
for the advancement of
women
The girl child
F. Women’s and the Gender Week 6 Research presentations Laura Turquet, Patrick Watt & Synthesis
Equality Agenda in The Tom Sharman. Hit or miss? paper
Millennium Development Video documentaries Women’s rights and the MDGs.
Goals (MDGs) ActionAid.
https://www.actionaid.org.uk/si
tes/default/files/doc_lib/aamdg.
pdf
UN. MDGs and Beyond 2015.
Fact Sheet.
http://www.un.org/millenniumg
oals/pdf/Goal_3_fs.pdf
G. Women’s and the Gender Week 7 Research presentations UNWomen. SDG 5: Achieve Presentations
Equality Agenda in the gender equality and empower Assignments
Sustainable Development Video documentaries all women and girls. Recitations
Goals (SDGs) UNWomen. 2016. Quizzes
http://www.unwomen.org/en/n
ews/in-focus/women-and-the-
sdgs/sdg-5-gender-equality
H. The Convention on the Week 8 Research presentations UNWomen. The Convention on Presentations
Elimination of the Elimination of Assignments
Discrimination Against Video documentaries Discrimination Against Women Recitations
Women (CEDAW) and its (CEDAW) and its Optional Quizzes
Optional Protocols Protocols.
http://www.un.org/womenwatc
History of CEDAW h/daw/cedaw/
Structure of Convention
The 16 substantive
provisions
Optional protocol
CEAW Articles 1-6 part 1
-Art 1 Definition of
Discrimination
-Art 2 Obligation to Eliminate
Discrimination
-Art 3 Development and
Advancement of Women
-Art 4 Acceleration of Equality
between Men and Women
-Art 5 Sex Roles and
Stereotyping
-Art 6 Exploitation of Women
I. Women’s Human Rights in Week 9 UN. Women’s Rights are Presentations
the Family Human Rights. 2014. Assignments
http://www.ohchr.org/Docume Recitations
CEDAW nts/Publications/HR-PUB-14- Quizzes
-Art 9 2.pdf
-Art 15
-Art 16
MID TERM EXAM
J. Women’s Human Rights to Week 10 Research presentations WHO. Sexual health, human Oral and
Health, Reproduction and rights and the law. WHO. Written
Sexuality Video documentaries Geneva. 2015. Recitation
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstrea Assignments
Sexual Health, Human m/10665/175556/1/978924156 Quizzes
Rights and the Law-WHO 4984_eng.pdf
The RH Bill/Law and
Women’s Right to Sexual Amnesty International. Sexual
and Reproductive Health and Reproductive Health
(SRH) Rights. Amnesty International.
FactSheet. (n.d).
http://www.amnestyusa.org/pd
fs/SexualReproductiveRightsFac
tSheet.pdf
Philippine Commission on
Women (PCW). On Universal
Access to Sexual and
Reproductive Rights:
Philippines. Philippine
Commission on Women Digital
Library.
http://library.pcw.gov.ph/sites/
default/files/Country-Profile-
SRR-Philippines.pdf
K. Women’s Human Rights to Week 11 Biographical Case WHO. Global and regional Oral and
Freedom from Violence studies estimates of violence against Written
Research presentations women. 2013. Recitation
UN Declaration on the http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstrea Assignments
Elimination of Violence Video documentaries m/10665/85239/1/9789241564 Quizzes
Against Women 625_eng.pdf
Domestic Violence and
Women in Conflicts
Female Genital Mutilation
(FGM)
Poverty and Structural
Violence
Honor killings
L. Women’s Human Rights in Week 12 Biographical Case UN Women. Progress of the Written
the Economy and Work studies World’s Women 2015-2016: biographical
Transforming economies, summaries
Women in the informal Research presentations realizing rights. UN Women.
sector 2015.
Women in Credit and Video documentaries http://progress.unwomen.org/e
Income Generation n/2015/chapter2/
Women in the Formal
sector UN Women. Facts and Figures:
Protective Labor Legislation Economic Empowerment
Globalization and the UNWomen. 2015.
Women in the Workplace http://www.unwomen.org/en/
what-we-do/economic-
empowerment/facts-and-
figures
Women’s Forum on the
Economy and Society.
http://www.womens-
forum.com/About
Katrin Elborgh-Woytek, et
al.Women, Work, and the
Economy: Macroeconomic
Gains from Gender Equity
IMF. Washington D.C. 2013.
http://www.imf.org/external/pu
bs/ft/sdn/2013/sdn1310.pdf
M. Women’s Human Rights to Week 13 Biographical Case UNFPA. The Human Rights of Written
Education studies Women. UNFPA. biographical
Malala Yousafzai http://www.unfpa.org/resource summaries
Education as a Human s/human-rights-women
Right Research presentations
Art 10 CEDAW
Art 13 CESCR Video documentaries
Art 28 CRC
Benefits of Education
Women and illiteracy
Educating for the Needs of
Girls and Women
Gender Role Stereotyping
in Education
Sexual Harassment in
Schools
Strategies for Action to
Women’s Education
N. The role of the UN Women Week 14 Research presentations UNWomen. About UN Women. Oral and
and other agencies UNWomen. Written
Video documentaries http://www.unwomen.org/en/a Recitation
Women in Development bout-us/about-un-women Term Paper
Women and Development
The Rights-based approach Sandra Fredman & Beth
to Gender Studies Goldblatt. Gender Equality and
Human Rights: Discussion
Gender Equality and Paper. 2015.
Discrimination in the http://www.unwomen.org/~/m
ASEAN: contextual analysis edia/headquarters/attachments
/sections/library/publications/2
ASEAN Committee on 015/goldblatt-fin.pdf
Women+3 (ACW+3)
ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on
Women. ASEAN.
http://asean.org/asean-socio-
cultural/asean-ministerial-
meeting-on-women-ammw/
ASEAN. ASEAN COMMITTEE
ON WOMEN (ACW) WORK
PLAN (2011 – 2015). Jakarta.
2012.
http://www.asean.org/storage/i
mages/2012/publications/ACW
%20Work%20Plan%202011-
2015.pdf
Araya Thongsame. Gender
Equality in ASEAN: Lesson from
the Philippines and the Road
Ahead. 2016.
http://warwickaseanconference
.com/gender-equality-in-asean-
lesson-from-the-philippines-
and-the-road-ahead/
CRITICAL TERM PAPER EXAM
Prepared by:
SATWINDER S. REHAL
Faculty, HZB School of International Relations and Diplomacy
