COURSE DESCRIPTION DEVS
260 Globalization, Gender, and Developmentisdesigned forthose interested in undertaking a critical analysis of the gendered impact of the globalization process, structural adjustment reforms,and development policies with a focus on poor low-class women in the Global South.
Does globalization and/or Structural Adjustment Policies differentially impact women? ̈Can women be really “integrated” into development?
What does it mean to be a poor woman in the Global South?
What do terms like ‘gender’, ‘empowerment’, ‘community building’, used freely by development agencies, imply in relation to women and men?
What do we understand by feminization of poverty, feminization of migration,or feminization of agriculture?
Can local feminism or transnational solidarity feminist linkages challenge globalization and reshape women’s lives?
How has COVID-19 impacted the lives, health, and livelihoods of marginalized women?
