SOWK 441 — Gender Issues
Social Work · University of Ghana
This course explores the theoretical basis for the study of gender and provides an understanding of the definitions, concepts, and symbolic representations of gender. It examines gender inequalities in different contexts with specific examples from both developed and developing countries. It explores the impact of multiple identities and discriminations on women‘s and men‘s experiences. It emphasizes arguments for fundamental changes in gender relations with regard to social, educational, political, and economic institutions. Additionally, the course equips students with gender sensitivity knowledge and skills, which would enable them to be better positioned to serve as agents of social change and development.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- SOWK 430 — Long Essay
- SOWK 431 — Human Rights in Social Work Practice
- SOWK 432 — Working with Children
- SOWK 433 — Approaches to Counselling
- SOWK 434 — Working with Groups
- SOWK 435 — Social Work and the Law Courts
- SOWK 436 — Administration, Management and Evaluation
- SOWK 437 — Organisational Planning in Social Work Practice
- SOWK 438 — Family Welfare
- SOWK 439 — School Social Work
- SOWK 442 — Social Gerontology
- SOWK 443 — Industrial and Labour Relations
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).