CSS Syllabus Gender Studies – 100 Marks
I. Introduction to Gender Studies
§ Introduction to Gender Studies
§ Difference between Gender and Women Studies
§ Multi-disciplinary nature of Gender Studies
§ Autonomy vs. Integration Debate in Gender Studies
§ Status of Gender Studies in Pakistan
II. Social Construction of Gender
§ Historicizing Constructionism
§ Problematizing the category of “Sex”: Queer Theory
§ Is “Sex” socially determined, too?
§ Masculinities and Feminism
§ Nature versus Culture: A Debate in Gender Development
III. Feminist Theories and Practice
§ What is Feminism
§ Liberal Feminism
§ Radical Feminism
§ Marxist/Socialist Feminism
§ Psychoanalytical Feminism
§ Men’s Feminism
§ Postmodern Feminism
IV. Feminist Movements
§ Feminist Movements in the West, First W ave, Second Wave and Third Wave Feminism, United Nation Conferences on Women, Feminist Movements in Pakistan.
V. Gender and Development
§ Colonial and Capitalistic Perspectives of Gender
§ Gender Analysis of Development Theories; Modernization Theory, World System
Theory, Dependency Theory, Structural Functionalism.
§ Gender Approaches to Development: Women in Development (WID), Women and Development (WAD), Gender and Development (GAD); Gender Critique of Structural Adjustment Policies (SAPs).
§ Globalization and Gender
VI. Status of Women in Pakistan
§ Status of Women’s health in Pakistan
§ Status of Women in Education
§ Women and Employment
§ Women and Law
VII. Gender and Governance
§ Defining Governance
§ Suffragist Movement
§ Gender Issues in Women as Voters
§ Gender Issues in Women as Candidates
§ Gender Issues in Women as Representatives
§ Impact of Political Quota in Pakistan
VIII. Gender Based Violence
§ Defining Gender Based Violence
§ Theories of Violence against Women
§ Structural and Direct Forms of Violence
§ Strategies to Eliminate Violence against Women
IX. Case Studies of:
§ Mukhtaran Mai
§ Mallala Yousaf Zai
§ Shermin Ubaid Chinoy
SUGGESTED READINGS
| S.No. | Title | Author |
| 1. | Theories of Women Studies | Eds., Bowles. Gloria and Renate D. Klein |
| 2. | Introduction: Theories of Women Studies and the Autonomy/ Integration Debate in Theories of Women Studies. | Bowles G and Renate, K. |
| 3. | The State of the Discipline of Women Studies in Pakistan in Social Sciences in Pakistan |
Saigol, Rubina |
| 4. | The State of Women Studies in Pakistan in Journal of Asian Women Studies |
Bari, Farzana |
| 5. | Women’s Law in Legal Education and Practice in Pakistan. | Shaheed, F. and Mehdi, R. (ed.) (1997) |
| 6. | Locating the self: Perspectives on Women and Multiple Identities. |
Khan, N.S. et al.(ed.) (1998) |
| 7. | The Social Construction of Gender | Lorber, Judith |
| 8. | Queer Theory | Lorber, Judith |
| 9. | Gender,USA, | Harriet Bradley(2013) |
| 10. | Women of Pakistan: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back. |
Mumtaz,Khawar& Shaheed, Farida(1987) |
| 11. | Feminism and its Relevance in South Asia | Saeed K, Nighat & Bahsin, Kamla |
| 12. | Feminist Thoughts | Tong, Rosemarie |
| 13. | Reversed Realities | Kabeer, Naila |
| 14. | Gender Planning and Development | Moser, Caroline |
| 15. | Electoral Politics: Making Quotas Work For Women. |
Hoodfar,Homa&Tajali, Mona (2011) |
| 16. | The Gender face of Asian Politics | Ayaz, Aazar & Fleschenberg, Andrea(2009) |
| 17. | Performance Assessment of Women Parliamentarians in Pakistan |
Bari, Farzan (2002) |
| 18. | Base line Report: Women’s Participation in Political and Public Life |
Zia, Shahla & Bari, Farzana. (1999) |
| 19. | Freedom from Violence | Schuler, Margarte (1992) |
| 20. | Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Report |