Gender Equity and Social Inclusion

Name: Gender Equity and Social Inclusion
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Gender Equity and Social Inclusion of Women, Children, Elderly Persons and Persons with Disabilities.

Created bySMUS-MOOC Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies - UDSM

Last updated 3/2022

English

What you'll learn

• To bridge theories related to ethics and social justice to concrete human affairs particularly gender and social inclusion;
To engage with the government, organizations, and NGOs;
To engage with excluded vulnerable groups;
To establish a platform of engagement between stakeholders of gender and social inclusion issues;
To expose challenges pertaining to the accessibility of safe roads, public transport, public spaces for vulnerable groups – people with disabilities, children

Course content

1 section • 7 lectures • 1h 37m total length

Introduction20:41
Linking –SDG 11- Targets 2 & 7- Implementation of SDG 11 - Targets 2 & 7 in Tanzania urban setting specifically Dar es salaam
Target 2 - Considers providing access to safe, affordable, accessible, and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, persons with disabilities, women, children, and older persons.
Target 7 - Dwells on providing universal access to safe, inclusive, and accessible, green, and public spaces particularly for women, children, older persons, and persons with disabilities.
Lecture 2:18:03
lecture 3: Ethical approaches to gender inequalities and social exclusion of women children, persons with disabilities, and elderly person
Lecture 3:12:12
Lecture 4: Gender inequalities and social exclusion of women and person with disabilities, in social and economic spheres –urban setting, women, and entrepreneurs with disabilities
Interview One11:19
Engagement with representatives of various groups – people with disabilities, members from civil society organizations, and representatives of elderly persons, public servant servants particularly engineers and social welfare officers. This unit focuses on the following aspects – 1) existing structures to support social inclusion and gender equity in urban settings particularly on matters of infrastructure, 2) positive achievements in matters of social inclusion of people with disabilities, elderly persons, women, and children in urban infrastructural setup, 3) challenges encountered by vulnerable groups in getting access to urban infrastructures particularly public transport, road safety, and public spaces, and 4) measures to be undertaken to realize firstly, access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, persons with disabilities, women, children and older persons. Secondly, providing universal access to safe, inclusive, and accessible, green and public spaces particularly for women, children, older persons, and persons with disabilities.
Interview Two10:20
Engagement with representatives of various groups – people with disabilities, members from civil society organizations, and representatives of elderly persons, public servant servants particularly engineers and social welfare officers. This unit focuses on the following aspects – 1) existing structures to support social inclusion and gender equity in urban settings particularly on matters of infrastructure, 2) positive achievements in matters of social inclusion of people with disabilities, elderly persons, women, and children in urban infrastructural setup, 3) challenges encountered by vulnerable groups in getting access to urban infrastructures particularly public transport, road safety, and public spaces, and 4) measures to be undertaken to realize firstly, access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, persons with disabilities, women, children and older persons. Secondly, providing universal access to safe, inclusive, and accessible, green and public spaces particularly for women, children, older persons, and persons with disabilities.
Interview Three10:37
Documentary13:54
Engagement with various stakeholders including members from civil society organizations, and the public sector. This unit exposes how urban infrastructures exclude vulnerable groups like people with disabilities, elderly persons, and children.

Requirements

Basic computer knowledge
Interest in gender and social inclusion issues
Interest in ethics and social inclusion

Description

This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) focuses on gender equity and social inclusion of women, children, elderly persons, and persons with disabilities. The most pressing issues to be dealt with are: addressing gender inequality and the social exclusion of women, children, elderly persons, and persons with disabilities. The major reason for dealing with these issues is to explore how the urban infrastructure and policies exclude people with disabilities, elderly persons, children, and women. Therefore, the developed content of the MOOC will inform students, NGOs, and government structures working in areas of advocacy for social justice, social welfare issues, social sustainability, gender matters, and social inclusion, among others. The MOOC course specifically focuses on targets 2 and 7 of SDG #11. Target 2 considers providing access to safe, affordable, accessible, and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, persons with disabilities, women, children, and older persons. Target 7 dwells on providing universal access to safe, inclusive, and accessible, green, and public spaces particularly for women, children, older persons, and persons with disabilities. Indicators include produced supplementary teaching, including mini-lectures, case studies, onsite shooting of urban infrastructure, and interviews/interactive sessions.

Who this course is for:

Policymakers particularly in the field of urban infrastructural facilities
Public civil servants particularly district engineers, district social welfare officers, gender focal persons, etc
Members of civil society organizations dealing with gender issues, children welfare, welfare of elderly persons, welfare of people with disabilities, social inclusion matters, and social justice issues
University and college students pursuing various programs including Philosophy & Ethics, Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, Development Studies, Community Development, etc.,
Members from special groups – elderly persons, children, and people with disabilities.
Researcher in the areas of gender, social inclusion, and urban infrastructures