This course will introduce gender analysis and methodology, gender, ethics and theories of justice, inequalities between sexes in different cultural contexts. International instruments especially the convention on elimination of all discriminations against women, and gender affirmative action will be considered
By the end of the course students will:1) Be able to make a distinction between gender and sex2) Be able to use gender as an analytic category in order to assess human rights instruments and policies.3) Be able to assess gender theories and ethics4) Be able to assess the protection and promotion of women’s rights in Uganda5) Be able to differentiate between WID and GAD trends.6) Be able to assess the gender implications of modernization and neo-liberal paradigms7) Be able to assess the gender implications of Uganda’s poverty eradication policy