COURSES AND SEMINARS (ES)

Spring Semester (March 1 - May 31, 2018)

Course

Law and Gender 2018

Prof. Antonella Massaro  -  Prof. Enrica Rigo

7 CFUs – ECTS

Classes begin Tuesday, 6 March 2018
Tuesdays: 12:00-13.45
Thursdays:  14:15 – 16:00
Fridays: 12:00-13:45
Classroom 1.02 (Tommaseo building, via Ostiense,139)
Course Description:
The course will introduce different theoretical approaches that address the relation between law and gender: from critiques of the neutrality of the legal subject, to the gender mainstreaming approach and to more recent discussions on intersectionality.
Part of the seminar course will discuss case law relevant in the development of categories that are currently central to debates on law and gender, such as vulnerability, exploitation and consent. Particular attention will be paid to the implementation of the gender mainstreaming approach in International Human Rights discourse and instruments.
Finally, the course will dedicate specific attention to the penal instrument contrasting violence against women at national and European level.

Course Learning Objectives: 
At the end of this course, successful students will be familiar with the main issues related to law and gender and debated at international level. Furthermore, successful students will be familiar with the main instruments implementing the gender mainstreaming approach.  

Course Learning Activities:
The teaching methodology implemented during the course will encourage the active participation of students and their involvement in the choice of coursework topics.

Assessment Tools:
The students will be evaluated for their active participation in the course activities, through coursework, and a final oral examination on the course topics.  

Attendance Policy:
Students must attend at least 70% of the lessons.

Course reading materials:
 Reading materials will be distributed during the course.

Class Schedules:
Tuesday: 12.00 – 13.30
Thursday: 14.00 – 15.30
Friday: 12.00 – 13.30
 
Calendar (First lesson: 6 March 2018)
 

Dates	Theme	Speaker
Week 1	Presentation of the course	Antonella Massaro – Enrica Rigo
	International women strike Film Ibi di marzo	Antonella Massaro – Enrica Rigo
Week 2	Making Trouble Legal feminism	Enrica Rigo
	CEdaw	Loretta Bondi
	Violence against women	Ilaria Boiano
Week 3	Film Boys Don’t Cry	Antonella Massaro
	Violence against women: historical and procedural issues	Antonella Massaro – Diletta Perugia
Week 4	Film The Danish Girl	Antonella Massaro
	Sex and contract	Still to be defined
Week 5	Women in prison	Antonella Massaro
	Film Transamerica	Antonella Massaro
Week 6	Right to asylum	Ilaria Boiano
	Film Pride	Antonella Massaro
Week 7	Right to asylum in a gender perspective	Enrica Rigo – Nuno Ferreira
Week 8	Status of women: an historical perspective	Still to be defined
Week 9	Crimes against women and multiculturalism	Antonella Massaro
Week 10	Discussion of students about specific topics of the course

 

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