AMU: Syllabus – Social Science – M. A. Women’s Studies

Outline syllabus for departmental test for admission to m.a. (women’s studies)

A. Women in indian society

• Gender division of labour in primitive societies.
• Women in vedic society and later society
• Outlook towards women in jainism, buddhism
• Women in medieval india
• Women in national movement

B. Women in independent india

• Women’s rights in indian constitution
• Women’s empowerment : panchayati raj and municipalities, reservation bill.
• Women in family and community
• Women in public domain

C. Women in media

• Women’s issues in print media
• Women in visual media
• Representation stereotyping woman

Women and education

Women and development

Key concepts of women studies

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