Gender, as an institution and a social structure, influences the way we define ourselves, behave and speak and further determines our place within the family, at school, in workplaces, and in the broader society. We will use this course to explore how gender shapes our identities, opportunities, and everyday life.

The course includes seven themes: (1) conceptual tool kits; (2) gender, space, and place; (3) gendering work; (4) gender and family; (5) transgender; (6) intersectionality; (7) gender in the global context.

Theme One ‘Conceptual Tool Kits’ introduces main theories and key literature on gender. In Theme Two, we will discuss the relationship between gender and space by reading literature on feminist geography. We will then turn to Theme Three, which focuses on gender in labour markets, organisations, and everyday workplaces. In Theme Four ‘Gender and Family,’ we look at gender relations between couples and family members. We then briefly explore the multi-faceted connections between gender, sex, sexuality, and other social characteristics, such as class and race, in Themes Five and Six. In Theme Seven, we look at the differences and similarities in gender relations in various cultural and social contexts in the globalised world.