Why waste your time on a plain old gender studies degree, when you can combine it with international affairs?The College Fix reports:
George Washington U. offers new ‘Gender in International Affairs’ concentrationThe George Washington University Elliot School of International Affairs now offers a concentration in gender, the result of a months-long advocacy by students and faculty alike.According to The Hatchet, GWU Gender Equality Initiative in International Affairs Director Shirley Graham said she started the concentration “to make students more proficient in the growing field of gender in international affairs.”The new concentration is the Elliot School’s sixteenth, included among Comparative Political, Economic, and Social Systems, International Development, International Economics and others.Courses are taught via a “feminist, intersectional lens.”Graham (pictured), whose PhD dissertation examined “gender discourses within the Irish Defence Forces that create and reinforce power hierarchies between women and men,” said the concentration uses “feminist international relations theory and gender analysis as critical tools” in dealing with topics like globalization and international development.Required courses include “Masculinities in International Affairs” and either “Women in Global Politics” or “Women and Terrorism.”Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in International Affairs Majors Director Christina Fink said the new field will allow graduates to “bring a gender lens to their work […] wherever they may end up.”From the story:
“The reality is when there are strict gender norms in a society, that has negative implications for men as well,” Fink said. “So addressing gender is about addressing both the challenges and opportunities or barriers to opportunities for men, women and everybody across the gender spectrum.”
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