Gender Justice, Activism and Sustainable Development

Programme Levels

• Postgraduate Certificate

  3 core courses; 1 elective
  Total: 12 credits

  US$3,500
  16 weeks full-time, 32 weeks part-time

• Postgraduate Diploma

  4 core courses courses (12 credits); 2 elective (6 credits); 1 research project (6 credits)
  Total: 24 credits

  US$4,500
  32 weeks full-time, 64 weeks part-time

• Masters

  6 core courses (18 credits); 2 electives (6 credits); 2 projects (12 credits)
  Total: 36 credits

  US$10,000
  48 weeks full-time, 88 weeks part-time

Programme Goals

1. Focus on gender issues in societies through feminist theories for sustainable and equitable development.
2. Enhance students’ capacity to analyze and frame activist strategies around social, cultural, political, and economic institutions shaping women's and men’s lives, and non-binary persons.
3. Impart activist philosophies and skills, encouraging learning from various methodological approaches, including critical feminist, non-binary, race, and cultural studies.
4. Provides a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion approach to development project design and management.

SDG Focus

• #10 - Reduced inequalities
  Reduce inequality within and among countries
• #11 - Sustainable cities and communities
  Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
• #13 - Climate action
  Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
• #16 - Peace, justice and strong institutions
  Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels