Course in Afrikan Feminist and Gender Studies (76817)

Short Learning Programmes

Duration: 6 months

Language medium: English

Target group:

(a) Professionals in different fields; (b) members of different political parties and formations; (c) civil servants, civil society activists and community leaders; (d) women and gender activists; (e) students and youth; and (f) spiritual/religious leaders and activists.
No previous study of governance is assumed, although exposure to the concept of good governance especially in African context would be expected.

Admission requirements:

An equivalent NQF level 4 qualification

Registration periods:

Unisa semester dates
For more information please visit: www.unisa.ac.za

Course leader details:

Prof D Miller, PhD in Sociology,
Discipline and expertise: Sociology
E-mail: millerdr@unisa.ac.za

Programme administrator:

Ms Sonja Geyer
TM-School, UNISA
Tel: +27 12 337 6013
E-mail: geyersd@unisa.ac.za

Purpose statement:

To build critical understanding of gender and development
Build understanding of Third World and Afrikan Feminists and scholars
To familiarise participants with the tools for jgender aligned state planning such as gender mainstreaming.
To locate gender analysis within economic development and offer a critique of current approaches in public planning
To enable participants to analyse Afrikan womenﾒs contributions to the Afrikan Renaissance and related fields such as Anti-colonialism

Modules:

AFAINS8 - AFRIKAN FEMINISM:AN INSTRUMENT FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

Content:

Understanding  Afrikan feminism  as a force for anti colonial  and anti imperialist struggles
Forms Of Feminism And Their Context Within Afrikan Liberation
Forms and constructions of Afrikan Socialism

HIPGETF - HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF GENDER AND THIRD WORLD FEMINISM (TWF)

Content:

Introduction to the theories  of Afrikan feminism
South African feminism and women's struggles
Evolution of Third World Feminism[TWF]