Contents

UNIT 1: Basic Concepts of Gender and related Terms                                                9
Concept of Gender, Sex
Femininity and Masculinity, Patriarchy, Matriarchy
Difference between sex and gender
Gender and social institutions Family, Marriage, Kinship, Religious institution
Gender Stereotype
UNIT 2: Gender Studies                                                                                                     51
Meaning of gender studies
Importance of gender studies
Features of gender studies
Women studies vs. gender studies
From Women studies to Gender studies: a paradigm shift
UNIT3: Gender Roles: Biological and Cultural                                                                63
Biological role Male-Female
Cultural role-Masculine and Feminine.
Productive role
Reproductive Role
Community role
Religion and its role in creation and preservation of gender inequality
UNIT 4: Socialization and Gender biases in the School, Family and Society             87
School-Gender biases in Organization, Gender biases in Textbooks,
Curricular Choices, Teachers' Bias
Society-Gender biases in Education, Employment, work and pay
Training of teacher for Gender equality
Preferences, political representation, Voting Behaviour, stereotype in media
Female foeticide, Infanticide, dowry, child abuse, Rape, Devdashi system
Family-Gender biases in educational opportunity, decision making, marriage, distribution of resources
Domestic violence of different forms,, wife battering, forced polyandry, widowhood
UNIT 5: Gender Equality and Mainstreaming                                                                 171
Concept of Gender equality, difference between gender equality and women empowerment
Importance of gender equality, role of parents, teachers and curriculum, gender-inclusive language to achieve gender equality
Role of Family and community, Role of mass Media, Role of civil Society
Gender mainstreaming and ways to achieve it in the educational setting.
Adult Education and Mass Literacy programme targeting women UN's Gender Equality Concern, Sustainable Development Goals. (SDGs)-goal-5 achieve Gender equality and empower all women and girls
Gender Equality and Human Right, National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 on gender equality