Gender - Women's Studies University of Cape Town

Overview

Key Features

The Gender - Women's Studies program offered at University of Cape Town  offers the opportunity to explore the informal kaleidoscope of issues concerning gender, culture, and sexuality within a formal academic framework. Core courses include the following fields of study: 

• What does gender mean in Africa and elsewhere?
• The impact of economic and political development on men and women
• Feminist Theories and women's movements in the context of global social movements

• Doing research in the politics of gendered knowledge

• A major in Gender/Women's Studies can be combined with another major (such as Psychology, Law, Development Studies, or Film and Media) so that professional development as a psychologist, lawyer, development practitioner, or media worker is strengthened by a particular expertise in gender analysis. This is often very useful in a world where knowledge of gender works well in combination with other professional skills.
• A major in Gender/Women's Studies is very useful if you are planning to move into international, or national, development work. In the past, Gender/Women's Studies majors have spent a postgraduate year in management studies and then gone on to careers in research institutions and NGO and development arenas.
• It is possible to pursue postgraduate studies, both nationally and internationally, in Gender/Women's Studies. Such studies can lead to careers in research, academic teaching and scholarship, politics, and NGO work throughout the world. Gender/Women's Studies postgraduates from the Faculty of Humanities have found jobs with the Commission on Gender Equality and the Department of Trade and Industry in South Africa, with NGO's in the UK and the USA., with higher education institutions in Botswana and Rwanda, and with a wide range of organizations in Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Kenya.