GWS503 GENDER AND PEACE
| Course Code: |
8100503 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Gender&women Studies |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Lecturer CEMÝLE GÝZEM DÝNÇER |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Peace is often understood as the absence of conflict, rather than the absence of potential for conflict. The latter is called positive peace that is present only in the absence of inequalities. The proposed course adopts the latter view developed by Johan Galtung and focuses on gender inequalities. While focusing on the issues of positive peace and gender at various levels (international, national, institutional, familial and individual), the course draws simultaneously on both Galtung`s typology on peace and the idea that peace (non-violence) in the World cannot be achieved unless peace (non-violence) is achieved at home, and vice versa.
