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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Political Science

166-227/327 International Gender Politics

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Sheila Jeffreys

Prerequisite/s:

Normally 25 points of first-year Politics; students with only 12.5 points in Politics may apply to the 2nd/3rd-year coordinator.

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week

Content:

Subject will look at issues of gender and sexuality in an international context, starting from the idea of the importance of women's rights as human rights, and of gendering international relations. It will cover war and militarism and their effect on women, women's peace movements, the international division of labour, development and environmentalism, the effects of religious fundamentalisms, the politics of population and reproductive technologies, international trafficking in women, sexual violence, femicide, clioridectomy, the organisation of homosexuality and heterosexuality. It will also consider women's initiatives internationally for peace, the environment and against violence.

Assessment:

Written work totalling 5000 words.
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