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University of Basel - Gender and Labour in the Global South 

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Overview

Duration

3 weeks

Total fee

2,205

Mode of learning

Online

Credential

Certificate

Gender and Labour in the Global South
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More about this course
  • This three-week course from the University of Basel will guide you in assessing the Global South's labour market to understand the impact of gender inequality in labour
  • You'll delve into the major role the labour market plays in helping to achieve the Sustainable Development Agenda from the United Nations
  • With this understanding, you'll explore the importance of decent work for sustainable development and examine how gender equality can boost the global economy
  • On this course, you'll explore how intersectionality and gender roles minimise women's access to decent work, and examine how this labour often goes uncompensated
  • You'll hear testimonies from women workers in Laos, Nepal and Rwanda to further investigate the labour market from a gender perspective
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Gender and Labour in the Global South
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Curriculum

Decent work for women and men in the Global South

WomenÂ?s participation in the labour market

First examples, first analytical tools

The national and the regional level

The global level

Gender gaps in (re)productive economy

A case study from Nepal

The impact of gender roles

The regional and the national level

The global level

Women and men in different labour market sectors

From grassroots practices to the theoretical level

Balancing act between national and regional

The global level

Learnings and Thanks

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