Readings

1. Shirin M. Rai. 2011. Gender and development: Theoretical perspectives. Pp 28-37 in Visvanathan, Duggan, Wiegersma and Nisonoff (eds) The Women, Gender and Development Reader (2nd edition). London: Zed Books.
2. Silvia Chant. 2011. The ‘feminization of poverty’ and the ‘feminization’ of anti-poverty programmes: Room for revision? Pp 174-89 in Visvanathan, Duggan, Wiegersma and Nisonoff (eds) The Women, Gender and Development Reader (2nd edition). London: Zed Books.
3. Boserup, E. 1970. Woman’s role in economic development. London: Earthscan Publications. Pp 53-65, Chapter 3 (Loss of status under European rule), in Canvas.
4. Young, K. 1997. Gender and development. Pp 51-54 in N. Visvanathan, L. Duggan, L. Nisonoff, N. Wiegersma (eds) The Women, Gender and Development Reader. London: Zed Books. In Canvas.
5. Chandra Talpade Mohanty. 2011. Under Western eyes: Feminist scholarship and colonial discourses. Pp 83-88 in Visvanathan, Duggan, Wiegersma and Nisonoff (eds) The Women, Gender and Development Reader (2nd edition). London: Zed Books.

Lecture pages

• Gender bias
• Gender and poverty
• Very brief history of the evolution of the movement
• Systems of privilege
• Week 3 wrap-up

Video

• Aina Productions. 2004. Afghanistan Unveiled. Online at Culture Unplugged.
• A day in the life (Mali)