United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)

Women Development Education - Development of a Masters-level Course for the EPM Department (in collaboration with the AIOU, Islamabad)

Proposed Duration: 10 January 2001 – 25 July 2001

Objectives:

• To develop a better understanding of the conceptual and methodological aspects of women’s development for their socio-economic uplift;

• To understand the role of women in the development of society;

• To analyze the present position and trends of female literacy in Pakistan;

• To indicate the behaviour and skills needed to conduct research on gender issues;

• To motivate the teachers to play their role for women’s development in the society and to measure, evaluate and monitor the teacher’s role on women’s development after successfully completing the course;

• To develop a better understanding about various training methodologies and their implications in the field for development of women in Pakistan.

Activities:

• Development of a Course outline;

• Construction of a writers committee, with a task assigned to each writer after several meetings to effectively convey the findings of the project.