ECTS - Gender Equality: Norms and Policies
Gender Equality: Norms and Policies (KMH518) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Gender Equality: Norms and Policies | KMH518 | Area Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | Turkish |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Social Sciences Master's Degree |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | Course aims to deal with gender equality as one of the main concept leading to human civilization of our times. Schedule of course will include differing definitions of gender equality perspectives and argumentations, in terms of internationally accredited norms written in signed conventions, political decisions and international court verdicts. Schedule will also include historical development and current state of national regulations, implementations that are dealing with gender equality in Turkey that needs to be synchronized with basic international norms and standards. Second part of the course will be concentrated on policies advised, implemented and considered as successful by different international, national or local actors of gender equality politics. The last part of the course will be planned as students presentations in the class considering actual discussions related to gender equality issues such as violence against women, level of participation to decision making at national or local level, etc |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | The course content will be useful for Judge, public prosecutor, defendant, defense attorney, private prosecutor and intervener to become more qualified when they face with gender discriminations, gender based violence or gender prejudice and inequalities embedded within codes, criminal procedures, trial procedures, appeals and court verdict studied in this course. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction: Historical and current development of gender equality as a concept | Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitsizliği İzleme Göstergeleri Tematik Raporlar (related chapters) |
| 2 | International background of gender equality norms, bodies, strategies | Kadın Hakları: Uluslararası Hukuk ve Uygulama, pp.13-53. |
| 3 | Main reasons, dynamics and supporters laying behind the gender inequalities | Toplumsal Cinsiyet Sosyolojisi (related chapters) |
| 4 | Development of gender equality understanding in Turkey: Historical background | Toplumsal Cinsiyet Sosyolojisi, pp. 154-178. |
| 5 | Legal frame and policy implementations of gender equality norms in Turkey | Birkaç Arpa Boyu…21. Yüzyıla Girerken.. ch. 8. |
| 6 | Bodies, institutions and main civic actors regarding preventions gender inequality in Turkey | Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitsizliği İzleme Göstergeleri Tematik Raporlar (related chapters) |
| 7 | Main policy areas of gender equality and indicators of inequalities-I | Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitsizliği İzleme Göstergeleri Tematik Raporlar (related chapters) |
| 8 | Main policy areas of gender equality and indicators of inequalities-II | Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitsizliği İzleme Göstergeleri Tematik Raporlar (related chapters) |
| 9 | Main policy areas of gender equality and indicators of inequalities-III | Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitsizliği İzleme Göstergeleri Tematik Raporlar (related chapters) |
| 10 | How to monitor gender inequalities with qualitative, quantitative and comparative data and index at national level | Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitsizliği İzleme Göstergeleri Tematik Raporlar (related chapters) |
| 11 | How to monitor gender inequalities with qualitative, quantitative and comparative data and index- at international level | Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitsizliği İzleme Göstergeleri Tematik Raporlar (related chapters) |
| 12 | Review on gender equality bodies in Turkey | Student presentations |
| 13 | Review on gender equality issues regarding content of codes, criminal procedures and court decisions | Student presentations |
| 14 | Student presentation on gender inequality issues faced during the jurisdictions | Student presentations |
| 15 | General Assessment | |
| 16 | General Assessment |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Kadın Hakları: Uluslararası Hukuk ve Uygulama, Der: Gökçeçiçek Ayata, Sevinç Eryılmaz Dilek, Bertil Emrah Oder, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları 305, 2010. |
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| 2. Toplumsal cinsiyet eşitsizliği izleme göstergeleri (tematik raporlar) | |
| 3. Toplumsal Cinsiyet Sosyolojisi, der. Y. Ecevit ve N. Kargıner, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayını no. 2307. 2011. | |
| 4. Toplumsal Cinsiyet Çalışmaları, der. Y. Ecevit ve N. Kargıner, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayını no. 2312. 2011. | |
| 5. Hukuk ve Toplumsal Cinsiyet Çalışmaları, der. Gülriz Uygur, Nadire Özdemir, Seçkin Yayınları, 2018. | |
| 6. Birkaç Arpa Boyu…21. Yüzyıla Girerken Türkiye’de Feminist Çalışmalar, Cilt I ve II, Der. Serpil Sancar, Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2011. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | - | - |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 70 |
| Toplam | 2 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 100 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Skills to understand, compare and paraphrase the basic concepts of law as a jurist following common principles of law. | X | ||||
| 2 | Skills to solve problems using a critical point of view when necessary , to determine and analyse the theoretical and implementation problems of law | X | ||||
| 3 | Contribution to understanding, planning, exercising and coordinating the functionss of law, by explaining and practising | X | ||||
| 4 | Skills to understand the strategic, tactical and practical sides of public law. | X | ||||
| 5 | Skills to understand the local, national, international, universal and supranational sides of public law | X | ||||
| 6 | Skills to understand the modern methods and differences of law | X | ||||
| 7 | Skills to participate in/inter disciplinary group works successfully | X | ||||
| 8 | Skills to adopt open minded behaviors in the way of learning and attempting | X | ||||
| 9 | Skills to assimilate and carry the rules of ethics and profession within the framework of social responsibility | X | ||||
| 10 | Skills to use Turkish efficiently in writing and speaking, and have the communication talent that is required by a law related career | X | ||||
| 11 | Skills to approach critically and creatively on the legal and social problems in terms of rule of law and ideal of justice | X | ||||
| 12 | Skills to understand and practice the national and international sides of law through case law and judicial implementations | X | ||||
| 13 | Skills to prepare/present a written or oral academic study within the framework of acedemic ethic and rules | X | ||||
| 14 | Skills to use vocational information technologies efficiently in solving legal problems | X | ||||
| 15 | Skills to reinforce knowledge of foreign languages and command of legal terminolgy | X | ||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 4 | 64 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | |||
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 7 | 4 | 28 |
| Total Workload | 127 | ||