Syllabus
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Course Code: DWS-3 Course Name: Women and Society |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Women in Indian Society – A Historical Perspective, Early Vedic, Vedic, Colonial and Modern Periods, Position of Women in Contemporary India and Haryana |
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| 2 | Philosophical and Religious Reflections, Women in the Major Religious Traditions (Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhhism), Role of Arya Samaj on Women |
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| 3 | Social Stratification, Caste, Class, Gender, Ethnicity as Distinct Categories and their Interconnections, Issues of Women from the Rural, Urban and Slum Population, Tribe and Gender, Problems of Dalit Women |
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| 4 | Women and Socialization: Stages of Socialization, Agencies of Socialization, Social Construction of Gender: Process, Barriers to Women’s Advancement |
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| 5 | Social Issues Regarding Women: Female Infanticide and Foeticide, Sex Ratio, Child Marriage, Dowry and Property Rights, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace, Female Headed Households, Issues of Elderly Women, Enforcing Cultural Codes: Caste Panchayats, Choice Marriage and Honour Killings |
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