Module Identifier IP39620  
Module Title WOMEN IN THE THIRD WORLD  
Academic Year 2000/2001  
Co-ordinator Dr Lucy Taylor  
Semester Semester 1  
Course delivery Lecture   8 Hours 8 x 1 hour  
  Seminars / Tutorials   16 Hours 8 x 2 hour  
Assessment Exam   2 Hours 1 x 2 hour examination (pre-released)   50%  
  Essay   1 x Essay Outline (500 words) (structure plus short extract)   20%  
  Essay   1 x 2,500 word essay   30%  

Content
This module examines the role played by women in the society, the economy and the polity of third world countries. The following is a lecture outline of the course; seminar topics will broadly follow those set up in the lectures.

Introduction - theory

Women's economic activity - liberation or double burden?

Women's political roles

Conclusion

Third world, second sex? - women, inequality and resistance.

10 ECTS Credits

Reading Lists
Books
** Recommended Text
Haleh Afshar (ed). Women and Politics in the Third World.
Georgina Waylen. Gender and Third World Politics.