Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Course Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Teaching Methods
Gender Justice- Concept and Significance, Sex, Gender & Sexuality- Construction of the
terms, Gender asymmetry in the society, Social construction of gender and gender roles,
Gender- Social & Legal Prescriptive in India, Constitutional Perspectives, inter relationship
of social justice and gender justice, judicial approaches to equality.
Gender and Work MODULE 2
Sex and sexuality, Women and Violence- Sexual and Non Sexual Assaults, victimization and
victim compensation schemes, Indian Penal Code 1860; Rape Laws, Adultery, Immoral
Traffic Prevention Act 1956 read with section 370 IPC, Indecent Representation of Women
(Prohibition) Act, 1986.
Gender Justice and India’s obligations under International Law (UDHR, ICCPR, ICESCR,
CEDAW etc), Gender Justice and International Criminal Court.
Essential Readings