Postgraduate Certificate Course in Gender Studies and Social Development

Programme Description: The Post Graduate Certificate Course in Gender Studies aims at providing a rigorous, integrated and relevant postgraduate experience for students so that their educational and career objectives would be enhanced through creative and scholarly feminist / gender analysis of men and women’s lives. The programme will teach the enrolled students how to apply feminist/gender methodologies, analysis and problem-solving to their chosen academic fields. The will also learn to integrate the rigours of scholarship in gender studies into their chosen professions, as a means of enhancing their professional lives and opportunities for advancement.

Programme Objectives

Discuss the importance of gender issues in development;
Introduce candidates to the linkages between gender equality and development;
Provide a professional credential to supplement other training;
Analyse gender inequality in access to education, health, labour markets, employment opportunities and productive resources and how this affects development;
Understand the usefulness of gender as an analytical tool across disciplines and;
Revise tools available to integrate gender issues in poverty analysis and policies for managing socio-economic development.

Admission Requirements: Applicants for the postgraduate Certificate Course in Gender Studies should have a university degree from an approved university.

How to Apply: Application are made online, click here to review the steps involved when applying.

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