This is a blog component, you do not currently have any posts to display. You can write your first post, import posts from another service or delete the component.
Gender Studies is perfect for an international career. Perhaps you’re interested in women’s rights, changing policy or gender and how it relates to development. You could work for the UN, for an NGO or another organization that works directly with gender. The choice really is yours, and if you pick up a master’s degree, you’ll make yourself a specialist and super-employable.
Jobs
The National Women’s Law Center has expanded the possibilities for women and girls in the US for over 40 years, by using law in all its forms: to get new laws established; litigating lawsuits and educating the public. At the time of writing, they are seeking a Development Analyst to assist the Center’s development staff with identifying potential foundation and corporate funders and to prepare grant proposals, reports, budgets, etc.
If you want to apply for this job, you should have a Bachelor’s degree, at least three years of post-graduate work experience and more than two years fundraising experience. A sophisticated understanding of Raiser’s Edge is also necessary, plus other skills. This is a paid position in Washington, D.C., USA.
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is also seeking an individual like you to be their Women Protection and Empowerment (WPE) Coordinator. This is a mid-level, full-time staff position in Somalia, where you’ll work under the supervision of the Deputy Director of Programs, as a key member of the Somalia country Senior Management Team, providing technical support and field-based monitoring visits to WPE teams working in Mogadishu, Garowe and Galkayo to ensure that all interventions are technically sound, use international best practices and approximately meet the needs of the survivors in target communities.
You’ll need an M.A. or an M.Sc. or equivalent in health, social science, humanities or another related degree, plus two years’ experience in direct service provision for survivors of sexual violence and domestic violence with a focus on case management and clinical care for this position. Contact the IRC for more details on this or other similar positions.
Cardno is seeking consultants to work on site in East Asia and the Pacific and the development of roadmaps in the areas of Women and Leadership; Women’s Economic Empowerment; and Ending Violence against Women. Consultants will need to develop a consultancy plan that aligns with the Concept Note on the process for developing the Women and Leadership Thematic Roadmap; undertake a desk-based study, and a literary review; provide recommendations and conduct a gap analysis of projects, programs, training providers, etc.
Applicants must submit a tender to be accepted. Check out pacificwomen.org.fj for more information.
Courses
There are many straight Gender Studies master’s programs out there that involve studying gender studies on its own, but don’t limit yourself to these courses only! At least not initially, because there are so many courses that could lead you directly and easily into a humanitarian career. Let’s take a look at a few.
The M.A. in Gender Studies and Law at SOAS, University of London, UK, aims to refocus issues prioritized in western Gender Studies and Legal Theory on the complex specifics of Asia, Africa and the Near and Middle East. This program offers specialized study of gender and law in relation to the cultures of the countries within these continents, as well as rigorous training in and the analysis of contemporary gender theory.
The Postgraduate Certificate in Gender Mainstreaming Policy and Analysis at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, aims to provide you with a comprehensive knowledge of gender mainstreaming and gender analysis. It’s a one-year, full-time course that allows you to focus on a specific policy area, such as public health, education, economic management or human resources.
M.A. in Gender and International Relations is held at the University of Bristol, UK. During the course, you’ll examine perspectives from feminism, gender studies, cultural studies and sexuality studies, in conjunction with inter-disciplinary research into international political economy, civil-military relations, men and masculinity, and international development. This is a one-year, full-time or two-year, part-time course.
The M.A. in Gender and Development held at the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, provides a thorough grounding in policy and planning skills, and gives you an in-depth knowledge and capacity for gender analysis within the areas of reproductive health, rights, identity, environment and social protection, as well as the tools needed to participate effectively in gender and development-related policy-making, implementation and research. You can study for the master’s for one year, full time, or go for the two-year, part-time program.
The M.A. in Gender Without Borders is also held within the United Kingdom, at Kingston University, London. It’s an interdisciplinary course taught across three core subjects: English, philosophy and sociology, but you can take options in other disciplines in accordance with your interests. Its focus is not on women exclusively; it takes transgender seriously and involves reflection upon the inherent whiteness in race perspectives. It’s a one-year, full-time program.
If you’d like to study far afield and experience Egyptian gender issues first-hand, the American University in Cairo, Egypt, runs a M.A. in Gender and Women’s Studies in the Middle East/North Africa. The course equips you with theoretical and methodological strengths and offers advanced study in three tracks: Geographies of Gender and Justice; Gendered Political Economies; and Gender and Women’s Studies in the Middle East/North Africa each with core and elective requirements and a thesis to complete at the end.
I completed my PHD in Religion and Social Ethics in 1995. One third of my qualification exam dealt with women's issues and feminist social theory. Thus, I feel that I am imminently qualified to assist you in drafting a spectacular statement in the area of gender studies.In addition to helping applicants to graduate school, I am dedicated to promoting feminist ethical perspectives on philosophy, moral and political life, and public policy.
In this way, I hope to contribute to increasing the visibility and influence of feminist ethics, as well as feminist social and political theory, and to provide support to emerging scholars from diverse and underrepresented populations. I also want to help further the development and clarification of new understandings of ethical and political concepts and concerns, especially as they arise out of feminist concerns.
Gender Studies & Ethics
My particular strengths lie in the areas of gender in literature and cultural studies; gender, history, and anthropology; gender, colonialism, and postcolonialism; gender and globalization; feminism, justice, and ethics; gender and health; and gender and international studies. Most of my clients are applicants to Gender Studies MA Programs that give them the opportunity to design a course of study that incorporates gender or feminism-based, interdisciplinary methodologies, while at the same time developing expertise in an area of concentration.
Help With Your Personal Statement for Graduate School in Gender Studies, Masters, PHD.
We see women as key to development in underdeveloped countries!
Women are the key to the development challenge. Throughout the developing world, women are at a disadvantage at the household, community, and societal levels. Within the household, women have less access to and control over resources and limited influence over household decisions. Beyond the household, however, women have limited access to communal resources and they are under-represented in public decision-making bodies. They also have limited bargaining power in markets (such as the labor market), and often lack opportunities to improve their socioeconomic position.
Therefore, efforts to reduce gender inequality are required on multiple fronts. Over the last several decades a number of strategies have emerged and evolved to promote gender equity in development efforts. We want very much to help you with your Personal Statement of Purpose so that we can have the honor of sharing with you in the promotion of gender equity and the development of effective strategies for the way forward.
In addition to filling out my Online Interview Form, send your resume/CV to my email:
Free Document Evaluation:
My service is quite different from other statement writing services on the Internet for applicants to Masters and doctoral programs on the Internet for several reasons. I am the little guy on the web, not a big business like most of my competitors. You deal directly with me. I answer all of your questions completely free of charge and I am solely responsible for producing a statement that you are very pleased with.
In the area of Gender Studies, in particular, since I wrote my own doctoral dissertation in this area, I am highly qualified to help you brainstorm for creative ideas to include in your statement. Please note that I attend to my clients in the order in which I have received their payments.
With maximum creativity, research as indicated, priority attention, and as many drafts as needed,
Dr Robert Edinger with Son David
drrobertedinger@gmail.com
1-812-675-4937
