Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction and Lesson Plan

    • Instructions to Teachers and Students

    • Course - Aims and Objectives
  • 2

    Lesson 1: Tribute to Women

    • 1.1 Objective and Pedagogy

    • 1.2 Tribute to Women

    • 1.3 Giving Activity/ Discussion/ Homework
  • 3

    Section 1 – Women and environment are controlled by the same system of patriarchy

    • Current global environmental crisis is a predictable outcome of patriarchal culture
  • 4

    Lesson 2: What is Gender and What is Patriarchy?

    • 2.1 Objective/ Pedagogy/ Note for Teachers

    • 2.2 What is gender? And what is the difference between gender and sex?

    • 2.2.1 Gender Gap

    • 2.3 What do we mean by Patriarchy?

    • 2.3.1 What are the origins of Patriarchy?

    • 2.3.2 Where does Patriarchy stand today: Capitalist patriarchy?

    • 2.4 Women also support patriarchal system, why do they do this?

    • 2.5 Patriarchy and Violence: Gender, Caste, Class and its intersectionality

    • 2.5.1 Activity 1 & 2: Patriarchy and Violence against Women

    • 2.6 How are the present economic, political, legal and social institutions by and large controlled by men?

    • 2.7 What is it that men control in a patriarchal system?

    • 2.8 Do all men and boys benefit from patriarchy?

    • 2.8.1 How men and boys are victims of the present global culture?

    • 2.9 Giving Activity
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    Lesson 3: How gender roles play out in nature?

    • 3.1 Objectives

    • 3.2 How Gender Balance Plays Out in Nature

    • 3.3 Adoption and Imprinting in Nature

    • 3.4 Giving Activity
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    Lesson 4: Women bear a disproportionate burden of climate change consequences

    • 4.1 Objectives and Pedagogy

    • 4.2 When the environment is degraded it is the women who have to walk further for water, firewood, food gathering for the family, for their livestock, etc.

    • 4.3 How Climate Change is not gender neutral?

    • 4.4 How women are also getting affected due to economic development leading to environmental destruction?

    • 4.5 How is women’s health impacted due to changing environmental conditions and global pandemic as well?

    • 4.6 Sexual and Gender based Violence

    • 4.6.1 Domestic violence complaints at a 10-year high during COVID-19 lockdown

    • 4.7 Giving Activity
  • 7

    Lesson 5: Women Bodies and Nature - Part 1

    • 5.1 Objectives and Pedagogy

    • 5.2 Increased Separation of Humans and Nature

    • 5.3 Control of women's bodies by patriarchy, religion, theology, art and literature

    • 5.4 Women's health is an area of concern

    • 5.5 Giving Activity
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    Lesson 6: Women Bodies and Nature - Part 2

    • 6.1 Objectives and Video

    • 6.2 Code of Gender Video and Activity

    • 6.3 Giving Activity and Homework
  • 9

    SECTION 2 – Women as Agents of Change

    • DON'T AGONIZE, ORGANIZE
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    Lesson 7: Feminism

    • 7.1 Objectives

    • 7.2 Defining Feminism and Feminists

    • 7.3 Myths about Feminism

    • 7.4 Dalit Feminism

    • 7.5 Black Feminism

    • 7.6 Eco-feminism

    • 7.7 Giving Activity
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    Lesson 8: Women's Law and Rights

    • 8.1 Objectives and Pedagogy and Additional Resources

    • 8.2 Posters on Women Rights and Law

    • 8.3 Activity and Giving Activity
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    Lesson 9: Exploration through Art

    • 9.1 Objectives/ Background and Notes for Instructors

    • 9.2 A few resources for facilitating exploration through Art

    • 9.3 Artwork by Gaythri Gamuz, Anna Mendita, and 16-year olds of the feminist group in Marudam
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    Lesson 10: Women as Custodians of Nature and Agents of Change

    • 10.1 Objectives and Pedagogy

    • 10.2 Combating Gender Gap that is closely linked climate change

    • 10.3 Alternative Creative Empowerment of Women Farmers

    • 10.4 Alternative creative employment and livelihood

    • 10.5 Strengthening Participation through education and deeper awareness of Climate Change

    • 10.6 Environmental, Women and People movement

    • 10.7 Indigenous women movements fighting to protect forests animals land natural resources

    • 10.8 Case Studies of successfully-implemented solutions

    • 10.9 Giving Activity
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    Lesson 11: Reclaiming Power

    • 11.1 Objectives/ Pedagogy

    • 11.2 Shifting Prophecy
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    Lesson 12: Create a Campaign

    • 12.1 Steps to create a campaign
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    Additional Resources and Glossary

    • Women and Climate Change Factsheet - The United Nations

    • Feminism in the Last Decade: An Interactive

    • Glossary