Commonly offered: This course is very likely to be offered in the next one to three years.
Despite being fifty-one percent of the population, women have often been ignored in the public policymaking process in the United States and overseas. Indeed, the creation and implementation of public policy has been agnostic not only to women but also broader ideas of gender and sex. This course will examine women, gender, and sex and their interactions with public policy. Students will learn about equality, liberty, feminism, and intersectionality, whether these concepts should be incorporated into policymaking, and if so, how that can be accomplished through gender mainstreaming and gender policy analysis. Next, students will examine specific policy areas focused on women’s social, economic, and political citizenship to understand the causes and consequences of gender discrimination. These specific policy areas include poverty, women’s labor market participation, immigration, reproductive rights, sexuality, gender-based violence, climate change, transportation, and peace and security. By the end of the course, students will understand how gender is embedded in the politics of policymaking, and what strategies have been successful in achieving more gender-equitable policies across the globe.