Women & Globalization.

Catalog description

This advanced interdisciplinary course will explore the gendered effects of globalization across the world at local, national, and global scales. Using feminist approaches, the course will examine issues of gender equity and uneven distribution of power created by the interconnection between capitalism, colonialism, and patriarchy. Topics such as economic globalization, war and militarism, tourism, sex trafficking, food security and environmental justice, gender-based violence, healthcare, migration and global activism will be covered in the course.