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CSS Gender Studies Complete Guide With Free Preparation Material

CSS Gender Studies is one of the most important compulsory papers of this competitive exam, as it covers all the basic knowledge required for a bureaucrat about Pakistan. A lot of preparatory material is in the market, but updated, reliable, and comprehensive material is required to clear this paper in this competitive exam.

CSS Gender Studies Syllabus Overview

I. Introduction to Gender Studies

  • Introduction to Gender Studies
  • Difference between Gender and Women Studies
  • Multi-disciplinary nature of Gender Studies
  • Autonomy vs. Integration Debate in Gender Studies
  • Status of Gender Studies in Pakistan

II. Social Construction of Gender

  • Historicizing Constructionism
  • Problematizing the category of “Sex”: Queer Theory
  • Is “Sex” socially determined, too?
  • Masculinities and Femininity
  • Nature versus Culture: A Debate in Gender Development

III. Feminist Theories and Practice

  • What is Feminism
  • Liberal Feminism
  • Radical Feminism
  • Marxist/Socialist Feminism
  • Psychoanalytical Feminism
  • Men’s Feminism
  • Postmodern Feminism

IV. Feminist Movements

  • Feminist Movements in the West: First Wave, Second Wave, and Third Wave
  • United Nations Conferences on Women
  • Feminist Movements in Pakistan

V. Gender and Development

  • Colonial and Capitalistic Perspectives of Gender
  • Gender Analysis of Development Theories:
    • Modernization Theory
    • World System Theory
    • Dependency Theory
    • Structural Functionalism
  • Gender Approaches to Development:
    • Women in Development (WID)
    • Women and Development (WAD)
    • Gender and Development (GAD)
    • Gender Critique of Structural Adjustment Policies (SAPs)
  • Globalization and Gender

VI. Status of Women in Pakistan

  • Status of Women’s Health in Pakistan
  • Status of Women in Education
  • Women and Employment
  • Women and Law

VII. Gender and Governance

  • Defining Governance
  • Suffragist Movement
  • Gender Issues in Women as Voters
  • Gender Issues in Women as Candidates
  • Gender Issues in Women as Representatives
  • Impact of Political Quota in Pakistan

VIII. Gender Based Violence

  • Defining Gender Based Violence
  • Theories of Violence against Women
  • Structural and Direct Forms of Violence
  • Strategies to Eliminate Violence against Women

IX. Case Studies of:

  • Mukhtaran Mai
  • Malala Yousafzai
  • Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy
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