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Opportunity for law students- Online Certificate Course on Gender Jurisprudence by GNLU Centre for Women and Child Rights, Gandhinagar -March 22-31: Register by March 21

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To celebrate International Women’s Day, the Centre is organizing a 10-day Online Certificate Course on Gender Jurisprudence in India.

Underlying Objective

This course is focused to

  • help the participants gain a deeper understanding of the origins and evolution of gender jurisprudence,
  • create awareness among learners about the social, cultural, and economic factors leading to the evolution and development of gender jurisprudence,
  • introduce students to key writings, concepts, principles, and discourses in gender jurisprudence,
  • enable the students to critically examine statutes, judgments, and discourses on law through the feminist lens,
  • facilitate informed decisions and deliberations among the students on law and gender justice in India,
  • comprehend the intersectionality within gender jurisprudence with concepts like caste-ism, sexual orientations, economic and social capital, etc,
  • and develop a comprehensive understanding of the evolution of gender jurisprudence in India, and globally through deliberations, research work, theory building, and information discrimination.

Duration

  • The course will be for 10 days. 
  • There will be a 1.5-hours session each day.
  • Timings- 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM.
  • Dates: 22 March 2022 – 31 March 2022
  • Platform: Cisco Webex. The link for the meeting(s) will be shared to all the registered participants.

Course Modules

  • Constitutional and International Perspectives on Gender Equality
  • Cyber-Bullying and Online Harassment
  • Transgender Rights
  • Marital Rights of Women (Marriage, Divorce, Dowry, Domestic Violence, Marital Rape)
  • Reproductive Rights of Women
  • Misuse of laws & need for Gender-Neutral laws
  • Crime against Women and Protection of Women in the Work Place
  • Representation of Women in the Legal Profession
  • Gender Bias and Decline in Female Sex Ratio
  • Framework (Schemes, Centres, Programs, Subsidies) for Women Welfare in India

Further Details

  • GNLU Students – ₹100
  • Students outside GNLU- ₹200
  • Other Professionals – ₹500

Certificate Criteria

Participants will be awarded an e-Certificate on successful completion of the course. Attendance for all ten days is mandatory. Reading Material (PDF) will be provided to the participants. A test will be conducted on the last day of the course and the certificate will be duly awarded.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Academicians
  • Practitioners 
  • Activists
  • Students
  • Scholars
  • Members of NGOs
  • Other stakeholders, working in the field of Gender Rights.

Registration

Interested participants can register for the course through this link.

Registration Deadline

March 21, 2022

Relevant Links

Payment link

Submission of payment receipt

Relevant Contacts

For further clarity one may reach out to the following:-

  • Phone: +91-9530252908 
  • E-mail: cwcr@gnlu.ac.in
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