UGC NET Syllabus for Women Studies 2020

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UGC NET — Syllabus Women Studies

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Subject: Women Studies Code No.: 74
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Unit – I Introduction to Women’s Studies

 Key concepts in Gender studies.
 Need, Scope and challenges of Women’s Studies – Women’s Studies as an academic

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discipline. Women’s Studies to Gender Studies, Need for Gender Sensitization.
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Women’s Movements – global and local: Pre-independence, Post-independence and

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Contemporary Debates.

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 National Committees and Commissions for Women.

Unit – II Feminist thinkers and theories

 Liberal Feminism, Marxist Feminism, Radical Feminism, Socialist Feminism,

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Indian Feminism, Black Feminism, Eco-Feminism.

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New Feminist Debates- Post Colonial /Post Modern, LGBT, Masculinity Studies.

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 Contemporary Contestations – Intersex and Transgender Movements.
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Feminist thinkers in 18th, 19th, 20h and 21st Century

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Unit – III Gender and Education

 Women’s Education – Gender diversities and disparities in enrolment, Curriculum
content, Dropouts, profession and Gender.
 Gendered Education- Family, Culture, Gender roles, Gender Identities.
 Education for the Marginalized Women.
 Recent Trends in Women’s Education – Committees and Commissions on Education.
 Vocational education and skill Development for women.

Unit – IV Women, Work and Employment

 Theoretical Perspective: Fredrick Engels, Rosa Luxemburg, Sandra Whiteworth, Boserup
Esther.
 Concept of Work – Productive and non – productive work – Use value and market value.
 Gender Division of Labour – Mode of Production – Women in organized and
unorganized sector.
 New Economic Policy and its impact on Women’s Employment – Globalization –
Structural Adjustment Programs.

Unit – V Gender and Entrepreneurship

 Concept and meaning, Importance of Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial traits, Factors
contributing to Entrepreneurship, enabling environment, small Enterprises, women in
agri-business.
 Gender and emerging Technology – Impact.
 Self-help Groups and Micro Credit.
 Gender mainstreaming, Gender budgeting, planning and Analysis.

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Unit – VI Women and Health

 Life Cycle Approach to Women’s Health – Health status of women in India, factors
influencing health and Nutritional status.
 Maternal and Child Health (MCH) to Reproductive and Child health approaches.

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 Issues of declining Child Sex Ratio, Widowhood and old age.
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Occupational and mental health.
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 Health, Hygiene and Sanitation.

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 National Health and Population Policies and Programmes.

Unit – VII Women Empowerment and Development

 Theories of Development, Alternative approaches – Women in Development (WID),

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Women and Development (WAD) and Gender and Development (GAD).
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Empowerment- Concept and indices: Gender Development Index (GDI), Gender

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 Women Development approaches inaIndian Five – Year Plans.
Inequality Index (GII), Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI).

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 Women and leadership– Panchayati

 Sustainable Development Goals, Policies and Programmes.

Unit – VIII Women Law and Governance

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 Crime against Women and Child: Child Abuse, Violence, Human Trafficking, Sexual
Harassment at Workplace Act, 2013 – Legal protection
 International Conventions and Legislations Related to Women’s Rights.

Unit – IX Gender and Media

 Discourse on Women and Media Studies- Mainstream Media, Feminist Media.
 Coverage of Women’s issues and issues of women in Mass Media and Media
Organizations (Audio-Visual and Print media).
 Digital Media and legal protection.
 Alternative Media – Folk Art, Street Play and Theatre.
 Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986, Impact of media on women.

Unit – X Feminist Research Methodology

 Understanding Feminist Research – Concepts, Debates and Limitations.
 Feminist Epistemology, Feminist Standpoint, Sexist and Non-Sexist Research
Methodology, Ethnography, Queer Theories.
 Research Design and Methods – Survey, Exploratory, Diagnostic, Experimental, Action
Research and Case Studies.
 Qualitative verses Quantitative Research.

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