ispweek4

International Social Policy

Week 4

GENDER POLITICS AND SOCIAL POLICY

Objective:

To understand issues related to Gender and Politics that affect Social Policy

Readings:

Cheryl H

Feminist Approaches to Social Policy

The Handbook of Social Policy pp. 247-262

UNICEF The State of the World's Children 2007: Women and Children - The Double Dividend of Gender Equality

Coffey A

Reconceptualizing Social Policy: Sociological Perspectives on Contemporary Social Policy Ch. 3: Social Policy, Feminism and Postmodern Times

Publisher: Open University Press 2004 [handout] 

Agenda, Readings and Discussion

ALUMNI:

Guest Speaker from The Center - Terry Boggis

5.15pm to 5.40pm Terry Boggis, Director, Center Kids Center Families, LGBT Center, New York 

Website

Other Resources: 

www.gaycenter.org

www.causesincommon.org

www.unicef.org

Fall 2009 International Social Policy Alumni