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Quick Facts

Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

Understanding Gender Inequality certification is a short online course. The course is a joint venture of the University of Exeter and FutureLearn. Since gender inequality is a very important challenge in today’s society that is the reason empowerment of women, and equality of gender is one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. By giving just 3 hours to this course on a weekly basis, will allow the participants to gain knowledge of why inequality of gender happens, what are the aftereffects of it, and how can one get rid of this.

Understanding Gender Inequality certification syllabus involves understanding this concept at work, in the family, and in the context of media. This course will guide students about what has been done till date to address gender inequality, and what must be done in the coming years.

Understanding Gender Inequality training is held for a month and allows students to track what exactly is their learning progress. Since the learning content is a mix of short videos, articles, audio, and practical drills so the students can be motivated without getting bored.

The Highlights

4 weeks program
Self-based learning
Online course of certification
Free course access
Completion certificate

Programme Offerings

Fully online
Progress Page
3 Hours Study
4 Weeks
FutureLearn Certificate
Global Classroom
Learning by Self

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
yes	Futurelearn

Eligibility Criteria

Educational Qualification

Students above the age of 16 with any qualifications can participate in this course.

Work Experience

Candidates participating may or may not have working knowledge in the same field.

Certification Qualifying Details

To obtain the Understanding Gender Inequality certification by FutureLearn all the participants must complete the course’s activities, steps, and requisite assignments.

What you will learn

Knowledge of gender studies

This course will enable the students to do the below things:

The participants will learn, and try to explain the meaning of the term gender inequality, and some other related terms.
The students will consider, and learn about the different types of inequality in gender at different walks of life.
The learners will understand the exact causes why gender inequality is still sustainable.
Learn practices that can eradicate gender inequality.

Who it is for

Basically, the course is targeted at students who have some idea about the gender inequality issues and are older than 16 years, and who among them are making themselves ready for higher education, or who want to be a part of the workforce can think of pursuing this online certification course. Apart from this any teacher, doctor, or even a sales manager can take this course up.

Admission Details

Understanding Gender Inequality program admission includes these steps below:

Step 1: Learners need to land upon the official course website: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/understanding-gender-inequality

Step 2: Next the candidates must scroll down a bit to find the ‘Join course for free’ button.

Step 3: In this particular step, candidates need to register through FutureLearn.

Step 4: Next the registration can be done by using the login information of the student’s Gmail or Facebook.

Step 5: Finally the candidates can log in, pay the fees, and secure admission.

Application Details

The candidates have to fill up a registration form instead of an application form. Some of the personal information that is required is the candidate’s full name, age, email address, and also a strong password that the students can remember easily when they log in through their account to access the course.

The Syllabus

Exploring ‘gender’ (as a construction in its binary and non-binary forms) and ‘(in)equality’ (in a legal and social sense), recognizing it as needing to be understood as intersectional, and both transnationally and as geographically/culturally located. This includes: the effect of tradition, social expectations, language, culture, masculinities and femininities, everyday practices and structures.
Exploring the ‘how’ of gender inequality in the context of the workplace (including political roles) – to cover gendered job roles, pay gap, opportunity and promotion (e.g. glass cliffs and glass ceilings), sexual harassment at work, confidence and leadership, political representation.
Exploring the ‘how’ of gender inequality in the context of the family and society – to cover the gender imbalance of domestic/caring roles, representations in media (incl. film and books) and the impact on body image, violence towards and control of women.
Challenging gender equality – exploring how things are changing and what else can be done. To include: changing awareness, changing the language, changing attitudes and changing structures. This will cover campaigns (e.g. #MeToo #HeForShe), legislation, practices (e.g. increasing participation in STEMM, training), measures, quotas and reporting (e.g. the Gender Pay Gap).

Instructors

University of Exeter, Exeter Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: By whom is the course content developed?

The University of Exeter is the university that developed the content of the course.

2: For the completion of this course is there any hardware required?

For the course to complete, the candidates must have a laptop or personal computer with a proper connection to the internet.

3: Which professor will be teaching the Understanding Gender Inequality programme?

Emma J who is a professor at the University of Exeter, is also a famous researcher in the field of organisational behaviour is the faculty of this course.

4: Can learners below the age group of 16 pursue the course?

No, the learners have to be at least 16 years of age, to attend this programme.

5: Is this course only taught in the online mode?

Yes, this course is a 100% online course, so students from any part of the world can learn it.