P.G. DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE (UGC-DRS-II SAP) UTKAL UNIVERSITY, VANI VIHAR, BHUBANESWAR, ODISHA, INDIA Dear Sir/Madam, Sub: Invitation to participate in the National Seminar to be held on 22nd March 2014 on “Gender and Development.” It gives us great pleasure to inform you that UGC DRS National Seminar on the theme “Gender and Development” is being organized by the P.G.Department of Political Science, Utkal University Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha on 22nd March 2014. You are cordially invited to participate in the seminar and share your experiences by presenting papers and participating in the academic interactions with intellectual-Scholars from India. Participants are requested to send an Abstract (250-350 words) for publication in the ‘Abstracts’ in MS Words, Font 12 points, Times New Roman, 1.5 spacing) by 15th March, 2014 to nayaksmita1992@gmail You are also requested to circulate this information among other colleagues, researchers and students. Out stationed participants will be given Sleeper class fare for the shortest route on production of train ticket. Looking forward to welcoming you! Yours Sincerely, With Regards, Dr. Smita Nayak, Prof. Brahamanada Satapathy, Seminar Coordinator. H.O.D & Coordinator, UGC, DRS-II (SAP) CONCEPT NOTE Gender is thought to be the deepest social cleavage and the most politically significant, more important than social class, race or nation. It is defined by FAO as “the relations between men and women, both perceptual and material. Gender is not determined biologically, but is constructed socially. It is a central organizing principle of societies and often governs the processes of production and reproduction, consumption and distribution. Gender issues focus on women & on the relationship between men and women their roles, access to and control over resources, division of labour, interests and needs. Gender relations affect household security, family well-being, planning, production and many other aspects of life. Gender is part of the broader socio-cultural context”. Simon de Beauvoir says that Woman is not born, but rather becomes a woman. There are four major sociological theories on gender as (i) the functionalist theory, (ii) the symbolic interaction theory, (iii) the conflict theory and (iv) the feminist theory out of which four major frameworks have developed. Gender studies in India got a momentum with the launching of women studies led by Neera Desai and Dr. Vina Mazumdar. The United Nations’ report 1980 says: “while women represent 50 percent of the world population, they perform nearly two thirds of all working hours, receive one tenth of world income and own less than 1 percent of world property.” So women are far behind the men in terms of development like education, employment, health, political participation, economic opportunities and so on. With the process of decolonization, development became the “be all” and the “end all” of the newly liberated countries. So around 1970s in India, there was a paradigm shift in the process of development to make it more gender sensitive in character. There was a demand to design development programmes to respond to gender issues and to commit to the goals of gender equality. Broadly, theoretical perspective on Gender and Development is divided into (i) Welfarist approach and (ii) Developmentalist approach. Further Welfarist approach is divided into (i) Women and development and (ii) Women in Development. Women in development is further subdivided into (i) Equity approach, (ii) Anti-poverty approach and (iii) Efficiency approach. The Developmentalist approach is sub-divided into (i) Gender and development and (ii) Women empowerment. In this context, the national Seminar on women and development addresses issues as follows: (i) Gender & Development: A Conceptual Analysis. (ii) Theories of Gender relations. (iii) Welfarist and Developmentalist approaches. (iv) Globalization and Gender (v) Women & Development in India. (vi) Women & Political participation. (vii) Women & Violence. (viii) Women & Development with special reference to Odisha.
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