1. Mrs. Afaf Stevens Soci 4999 Women and Social Change Lecture 1

2. Textbook Overview Gender Planning & Development Part I 1. Conceptual Rationale For gender planning In the third world 2. Gender Roles: The family and The household 3. Practical & Strategic Need and the role of the state 4. Third world Approaches to Women and Development

3. Textbook Overview Gender Planning & Development Part II 5. Towards Gender Planning: A New Planning Tradition & Methodology 6. The Institutionalization Of Gender Planning 7. Operational Procedures For Implementing Policies Programs & Projects 8. Training Strategies For gender Planning: From Sensitizing to Skills & Techniques 9. Towards an Emancipation Approach: The Political Agenda of Women’s Organizations

4. Chapter 2 W & SC in America- Gender Roles the Family & the Household – Part 1a Heterogeneity of the Household Structures Assumptions Concepts of Headship RefutationConsequence

5. Chapter 2 W & SC in America- Gender Roles the Family & the Household – Part 1a Assumptions –Predominant Household Structure Consists of a Nuclear Family: Husband, Wife and 2 or 3 Children –an Idealized Traditional Stereotype of Western Industrialized Society. –Concept of Headship: Man is the head, breadwinner, financial supporter, decision- maker, & independent

6. Chapter 2 W & SC in America- Gender Roles the Family & the Household – Part 1a Refutation of Assumptions –In Rural Contexts, women are primarily income-earners –Frequently women counted as heads of the household –Consequently in data-collection women’s agricultural participation becomes invisible

7. Chapter 2 W & SC in America- Gender Roles the Family & the Household – Part 1b Household as Natural Decision Making Unit Households as Joint Utility Function Households as Unified Units Of Consumption & Production Households as Utility Functions & substitutability of Labor Joint Utility Function Decision Making And Resource Allegations Other Models Of Households

8. Chapter 2 W & SC in America- Gender Roles the Family & the Household – Part 1c Triple Role of women Triple Role & Feminist Debates Division of Labor Productive Work Re-productive Work Community Work Community Managing Community Politics

9. Chapter 2 W & SC in America- Gender Roles the Family & the Household – Part 1d Economic Roles Women Excluded From Land-Honorship Women Excluded From Credit Access Women Excluded From Extension & Other Services

10. Chapter 2 W & SC in America- Gender Roles the Family & the Household – Part 2a Women and Men have different position within the household and different control over resources They play different roles in society Men and Women have different needs Women and men have different goals: –Women, emancipation, equality and equity within socioeconomic and political arenas It is crucial to disaggregate households and families on the basis of gender when defining planning needs.

11. Chapter 2 W & SC in America- Gender Roles the Family & the Household – Part 2b Typical Household Order Division of Labor Male Labor Market Sector Productive Value Work Market-Labor Outside the Home Community Political Work: Official Paid Position ($$ Or in power return) Female Labor/ Housewife Non-Market Sector Reproductive Non-value work Decision-making Power Power and Control Over Resource Allocations

12. Chapter 2 W & SC in America- Gender Roles the Family & the Household – Part 2c Female Invisible Labor / Domestic / Inside the Home –Childbearing and Child Rearing –Household Management & Supplementary- Income labor –Community Management / Voluntary - Work