Gender and Governance

Explore the intricate relationship between gender and governance, understanding how gender inequality impacts governance structures and the role of women in political and social spheres. Learn about historical and contemporary developments in local governance in India, the influence of global trends, and the challenges faced by women in various sectors. This comprehensive exploration highlights the importance of gender-sensitive policies and practices in fostering equitable and effective governance worldwide.

Gender and Governance

1 Concepts and Context

  1. Defining Governance
  2. What is Good Governance
  3. Gender and Governance

2 Impact of Gender Inequality on Governance

  1. Inequality-Equality Conundrum
  2. Social and Cultural Inequality
  3. Inequality of Resources/Gender Gap Index
  4. Inequality of Work and Wages
  5. The Question of Representation
  6. Class-Caste-Gender Intersectionality

3 Locating Gender in Governance Discourse

  1. Contextualising Gender
  2. Understanding Governance: Concept
  3. Changing Paradigms of Governance
  4. Engendering Curriculum
  5. Engendering Private Sector
  6. Engendering Civil Society
  7. Engendering Public Sector and Polity

4 Historical Background of Local Governments in India

  1. Historical Overview
  2. Post-independence Developments
  3. Brief Overview of Initiatives Post-Independence
  4. Post-Independence Panchayati Raj Institutions

5 Committees Constituted by Government of India- Initiatives Taken by the State Government

  1. Balwantrai Mehta Committee
  2. Ashok Mehta Committee
  3. G.V.K. Rao Committee
  4. L.M. Singhvi Committee
  5. Initiatives Taken by the State Government

6 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts

  1. Contending Notion of Gram Swaraj
  2. 73rd and 74th Amendment Acts
  3. Mis(representation) of Women – Case of Mukhiyapatis
  4. Deepening Democracy: Understanding PESA
  5. Challenges or Opportunities

7 Changemakers at Grassroots and Problems faced by women in Grassroots Governance

  1. Role of Changemakers
  2. Setting the Context
  3. Women Changemakers at the Grassroots
  4. Challenges Faced by Women in Grassroots Governance

8 Women in Legislatures

  1. History of Legislatures
  2. Role of Women in Legislatures
  3. Question of Representation
  4. Problems Faced by Women Representatives

9 Comparative Best Practices

  1. Moldova
  2. Germany
  3. France
  4. India
  5. United States of America
  6. Australian Local Government Women’s Association

10 Legal Literacy and Leadership

  1. Basic Premises
  2. Debates on Legal Literacy
  3. Socio-Legal Understanding in Relation to Legal Literacy
  4. World of Legal Literacy Education
  5. Challenges Before Legal Literacy

11 Globalization and Post Globalization Phase

  1. Understanding Globalization
  2. Characteristics of Globalization
  3. Gender and Globalization
  4. Understanding Post-Globalization
  5. Gender and Post-Globalization

12 Labour force Participation in the Key Sectors

  1. Definitions
  2. Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)
  3. Female Labour Force Participation
  4. Labour Market and Women
  5. New Initiatives

13 Changing Nature of Occupational Association

  1. Occupational Association and Economic Development
  2. Changes in Occupational Association in India
  3. Gender Scenario
  4. Female Labour Force Participation Rate
  5. Reasons for Falling FLFPR
  6. Policy Options

14 Challenges to the Informal Sector in India

  1. Informal Sector in India
  2. Women in the Informal Sector
  3. Issues faced by Women in the Informal Sector
  4. New Initiatives on Part of the Judiciary
  5. Sex Work

15 Criminal Justice System

  1. Law, Police and the Courts
  2. Criminal Laws
  3. Criminal Courts
  4. Trial Procedure
  5. Women and Criminal Justice System

16 Access to Justice

  1. Idea of Justice
  2. People and Access Justice
  3. Gender and Access to Justice
  4. Sexual Harassment and Challenges Before Women

17 Women Lawyers

  1. Perspectives on the Social Character of Professions
  2. Gender and Legal Profession
  3. Women and Law: Trajectories of Scholarship and Activism

18 Judicial Reforms

  1. Police Reforms
  2. Role of Lawyers
  3. Judicial Reforms and Training the Judges
  4. Women Centric Judicial Reforms

19 Women in Conflict with Law

  1. Understanding the specificities of Women in Conflict with Law
  2. Gendered Experiences of the Criminal Justice System
  3. Criminal Justice Reform: What can be done?
  4. Conflict Perspective on Women in Conflict with Law