Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
CEK527WOMEN AND WORKING LIFECompulsory115
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
This course intends to examine the position of women's labour market in the historical process. In this framework, national and international policies for the issue of women's employment will be analyzed and evaluated. Usage patterns of women in and out of households and their reflection on working life will be examined.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Yrd. Doç. Dr. NİHAN CİĞERCİ ULUKAN
Learning Outcomes
1To know the theoretical approaches to women labour
2To evaluate the relationship between women's and development
3discussing new type of working and influencing women's empoverment
4To analyze the structure of women's employment in Turkey
5To analyze national and international policies for women's employment comparatively
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Theoretical discussions on women's labour, problem areas for women's employment and policies for the analysis, analysis of studies on women's labour in Turkey, unregistered work and women's labour.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Basic Concepts: Gender and Patriarchy, Feminist Method
2Basic Concepts: Gender and Patriarchy, Feminist Method
3Capitalism and domestic labor
4capitalism and wage-paid women
5Characteristics of women's labor in the labor market, gender-based discrimination
6haracteristics of women's labor in the labor market, gender-based discrimination
7Development and Women's Labor
8Exams
9Historical Origins of Women's Labor in Turkey
10Informality, Job Insecurity and Flexible Work
11work and woman: Sectoral Analysis: Food Sector
12ınformal work and woman: Sectoral Analysis: Textile Sector
13Informal work and woman: Sectoral Analysis: Service Sector
14Policies for Working Women: Education, Health, Social Security
15Women's employment and ILO conventions
16Politics to Working Women: Work-life Balance
Recommended or Required Reading
Savran,Gülnur Acar (2004). Beden, Emek, Tarih: Diyalektik Bir Feminizm İçin Kanat yay. İstanbul. Tekeli, Şirin (1992). “Bilimlerde Metodolojinin ‘Kadın Bakış Açısından’ İrdelenmesi,” Türkiye’de Kadın Olgusu. Der. Necla Arat. Say Yay., İstanbul. : 29-50 Toksöz, Gülay. (2012), Kalkınmada Kadın Emeği,İstanbul: Varlık Yayıncılık. Dedeoğlu,S. ve M.Y. Öztürk (2010), Kapitalizm, Ataerkillik ve Kadın Emeği, İstanbul: SAV Yay.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
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Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination122
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures15345
Discussion15115
Field Work3515
Report Presentation122
Self Study15230
Individual Study for Mid term Examination3515
Individual Study for Final Examination31030
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)156
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