WGS.277 D-Lab: Gender and Development

HASS-H
same subject as EC.718 (U) / EC.798 (G) / WGS.277 / 24.234 (U) / 24.634 (G)
Units: 3-0-9
W 9-12:30pm

Addresses challenges in working towards global justice including poverty, food and water insecurity, healthcare disparities, human rights violations, violence and dislocation, and environmental risk. Focuses on gender and identity, locating the root causes of inequality within cultural, political and economic contexts. Designed to give a framework to understand gender dynamics. Teaches how to integrate gender sensitive strategies into development work. Classes, readings, and final projects illustrate how design and implementation of international development strategies can provide capacity building and income generation opportunities. Meets with EC.718 when offered concurrently. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 20 total for versions meeting together.

Sally Haslanger & Libby McDonald