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Rights and Wrongs : Gender Equality and the International Organisations
This seminar provides an opportunity to become acquainted with experts and programmes of gender equality within various International Organisations based in Geneva, with a long experience in struggling to reduce the inequalities between men and women in various fields relevant for international and development studies.
The proximity of the Graduate Institute to International Organisations allows for student exposure to views from the inside, a hallmark approach of gender studies and anthropology. The rights-based perspective is the red thread throughout the interventions by guest speakers who will present policies, tools and programmes, and shed a critical light on the outcomes of their work, both in terms of advancements as well as difficulties. The course / seminar aims at enhancing a critical assessment of the implementation of the CEDA W and of the commitments made by governments through the Platform of Action of the Beijing Conference, both considered as internationally-acknowledged prerequisites for global justice and peace.
1. Session of 22/09/08
Subject : Presentation of the objectives and of the programme. Introduction.
Main speaker: Christine Verschuur, IHEID
2. Session of 29/09/08
Subject : Gender mainstreaming
Main Speaker : Christine Verschuur, IHEID
Readings :
- Sally Baden and Anne Marie Goetz , 1997, “Who Needs [Sex] When You Can Have [Gender]? Conflicting Discourses on Gender at Beijing” in Feminist Review, No. 56, Debating Discourses, Practising Feminisms, Mcmillan Journals, pp. 3-25 Macmillan Journals
- Shahra Razavi and Carol Miller, 1995, “Gender mainstreaming: A study of efforts by the UNDP, the World Bank, and the ILO to institutionalise gender issues », UNRISD Occasional Paper Vol. 4., UNRISD, Geneva (1995)
- Falquet, Jules, 2004, « "Genre et développement" : une analyse critique des politiques des institutions internationales depuis la Conférence de Pékin », (pp. 59-87), Reysoo, Fenneke ; Verschuur, Christine (textes réunis par), On m'appelle à régner. Mondialisation, pouvoirs et rapports de genre, Colloque de l'IUED-Collection Yvonne Preiswerk, Genève : IUED-DDC-UNESCO.
3. Session of 6/10/08
Subject : Rights and Wrongs in UNHCR. Gender and forced migration in Sudan
Invited Speakers : Luisa Cremonese, UNHCR & Kasia Grabska, PhD student at IDS-Sussex
Readings :
- Wenona Giles and Jennifer Hyndman (eds.), Sites of Violence: Gender and Conflict Zones, University of California Press, Berkeley/Los Angeles/London, 2004, 361pp
- UNHCR Policy on Refugee Women and Guidelines on Their Protection: An Assessment of Ten Years of Implementation, An independent assessment by the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children, May 2002
Annexes II and III from this report (pg. 68-88)
http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/unhcr.pdf
- UNHCR Handbook for the Protection of Women and Girls, Geneva, 2008 Chapter 1: Introduction to Protecting Women and Girls (from) www.unhcr.org/protect/PROTECTION/47cfab342.pdf
- UNHCR Handbook for the Protection of Women and Girls, Geneva, 2008 Chapter 2: Principles and Practices for Gender Equality
http://www.unhcr.org/protect/PROTECTION/47cfab5f2.pdf
4. Session of 13/10/08
Subject : CEDAW and Women's Rights
Invited Speaker : Jane Connors, OHCHR
Readings :
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 34/180 of 18 December 1979, OHCHR www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cedaw.htm
- Human Rights Council main report, 2008 – A/HRC/7/3, Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Manfred Nowak
Students should click on the link: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/torture/rapporteur/ and then open 2008 Human Rights Council Main Report.
5. Session of 16-17/10/08 SPECIAL SESSIONS
Special Event : International Gender Colloquium at IHEID " Women's Movements and Anti-Colonial Feminisms "
6. Session of 20/10/08 (replaced by the special sessions of 16-17/10/08)
7. Session of 27/10/08
Subject : Micro-credit programmes and Gender
Invited Speaker : Bernd Balkenhol, ILO
Readings :
- Mayoux, L. 2000, 'Microfinance and the empowerment of women: A review of the key issues', Social Finance Unit Working Paper, 23, ILO, Geneva.
- Peemans-Poullet Hedwige, 2000, "La miniaturisation de l'endettement des pays pauvres passe par les femmes", In: Feminisme et développement- Chronique Féministe (Bruxelle), n°71-72, Février-Mai 2000, p.60-66 (extraits)
8. Session of 3/11/08
Subject : CEDAW 42nd Session at Palais des Nations, Geneva
865th meeting
Chamber A Myanmar, combined second and third periodic reports
(CEDAW/C/MMR/3)
3-5 p.m (continued) Introduction by the representative of the State party
Questions by experts and dialogue with the Committee
Chamber B Portugal, combined sixth and seventh periodic reports
(CEDAW/C/PRT/7)
3-5 p.m : (continued) Introduction by the representative of the State party
Questions by experts and dialogue with the Committee
9. Session of 10/11/08
Subject : Empowerment through Women Entrepreneurship Promotion in Vietnam and Ghana
Invited Speakers : Kees van der Ree, Joni Simpson, ILO
Readings :
- Mayoux Linda, 1995, "From Vicious to Virtuous Circles?: Gender and Micro-Enterprise Development", UNRISD, Occasionnal Paper 3, United Nation Development Programme, May 1995
- Barwa S.D, 2003, "Impact of Start Your Business (SYB) Training on Women Entrepreneurs in Vietnam, ILO Vietnam Working Paper Series N°1, ILO
- Ypeij, Annelou (2002): "Ateliers Collectifs : une alternative pour les femmes dans les quartiers pauvres de Lima", in Cahiers Genre et Développement n° 3
10. Session of 17/11/08
Subject : ILO, Gender and Economic Rights
Invited Speaker: Mary Kawar, ILO
Readings :
- Sylvia Chant and Carolyn Pedwell, "Women, gender and the informal economy: An assessment of ILO research and suggested ways forward", London School of Economics, Discussion papers, ILO, Geneva, 2008
- Razavi, Shahra, 2002, « Globalization, Employment and Women's Rights », in Reysoo, Fenneke (Dir.), Economie mondialisée et identités de genre, Actes du colloque de l'IUED, Collection Yvonne Preiswerk, Commission nationale suisse pour l'UNESCO/DDC/IUED
- Martha Chen, Joann Vanek, Francie Lund, and James Heintz. "Progress of the Worlds Women 2005: Women, Work & Poverty." United Nations Development Fund for Women.
http://www.unifem.org/attachments/products/PoWW2005_eng.pdf
Pages 8-35 are the most relevant.
11. Session of 24/11/08
Discussion of workproposal with the students
12. Session of 1/12/08
Subject : Bilateral Swiss cooperation on Gender : experience from the Cooperation Bureau of Ouagadougou
Invited Speaker : Chrystel Ferret , SDC
Readings
To go further:
13. Session of 8/12/08 / REPLACED BY SESSION 9/12/08
Session of 9/12/08 (12:15-2PM)
Subject : Gender, Social Policy and What to do about Unpaid Care.
Speakers : Sharha Razavi, UNRISD
Readings :
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Lewis Jane, 2007, “Gender, Ageing and the New Social Settelement, The importance of Developing a Holistic Approach to Care Policies”in Current Sociology 2007; 55; 271
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Razavi Shahra, 2007, “The Political and Social Economy of Care in a Development Context, Conceptual Issues, Research Questions and Policy Options”, Gender and Development, Programme Paper N°3, UNRISD
14. Session of 15/12/08
Optionnal session
Subject : Discussion on progress of seminar papers
Speakers : Christine Verschuur, Fenneke Reysoo
Deadline for final paper : 5th January 2009
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