M.

A (Gender and Development Studies)

Assignments for Students admitted in July 2019 and January 2020 Sessions

MGS-001: Gender and Development: Concepts, Approaches and Strategies

MGS-002: Gender, Development Goals and Praxis

MGS-003: Gender Analysis

MGS-004: Gender-Sensitive Planning and Policy Making

MGS-005: Research Methodology in Gender and Development Studies

Date of Submission
July 2019 Session: February 16, 2020
January 2020 Session: August 16, 2020

School of Gender and Development Studies

Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi- 110 068
 MGS -001: GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT: CONCEPTS, APPROACHES

AND STRATEGIES

Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA -01)

Programme Code: MAGD

Course Code: MGS-001

Assignment Code: MGS-001/AST-01/TMA/2019-20

Maximum Marks: 100

Weightage: 30%
PART- A

Answer the following in 200 words each.

1. Define the following concepts: a) Social Justice b) National Machineries for Women c)
Paid and Unpaid work d) Cyber Feminism e) Physical Health and determinants of well-
being of women (10 marks)

2. Define and Discuss Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from a gender perspective.
(10 marks)

3. Analyse the declining status of women in the process of development by contextualizing

your answer in neoliberal economy. (10 marks)

4. Explain Andre Gunter Frank thesis of the development of underdevelopment. (10 marks)

PART- B

Answer any two of the questions given below in 1000 words each.

1. Write an essay on the emergence of gender and development as discipline. ( 30 marks)

2. What are the components of livelihoods? Discuss the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework
and gender in detail. (30 marks)

3. Should women be part of the governance process? If so, Justify your answer with suitable
examples. (30 marks)
 MGS -002: GENDER, DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND PRAXIS

Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA -01)

Programme Code: MAGD

Course Code: MGS-002

Assignment Code: MGS-002/AST-01/TMA/2019-2020

Maximum Marks: 100

Weightage: 30%
PART- A
Answer the following in 200 words each.

1. Write short notes on the SHG – Bank linkage Programmes in India. (10 marks)

2. What are the Regulatory Frameworks? Analyze the impact of regulatory frameworks on
women. (10 marks)

3. Explain the role of civil society organizations to address gender issues in development.
(10 marks).

4. Explain Indian situation of social and gender justice. (10 marks)

PART-B

Answer any two of the questions given below in 1000 words each. Each question carries 30
marks.

1. Examine the role of Four International Women‟s Conferences (IWCs) in bringing gender
equality in the society in detail. (30 marks)

2. Why do we need to democratize State in neo-liberal economy? Justify. (30 marks)

3. Discuss democratic divide between rural and urban India by using gender segregated
data. (30 marks)
 MGS- 003: GENDER ANALYSIS

Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA -01)

Programme Code: MAGD

Course Code: MGS-003

Assignment Code: MGS-003/AST -01/TMA/2019-2020

Maximum Marks: 100

Weightage: 30%

PART- A

Answer the following in 200 words each.

1. Define gender analysis and discuss process of gender analysis in detail. ( 10 marks)

2. Analyze gender dimensions in two sectors using gender analysis. (10 marks)

3. Explain Components of gender analysis in detail. (10 marks)

4. Why do we use gender analysis in understand development process? Explain. (10 marks)

PART-B

Answer any two of the questions given below in 1000 words each.

1. What are Strategic Gender Needs (SGNs). Explain in detail. (30 marks)

2. Define Gender Policy. Discuss need for formulating gender policies in detail. (30 marks)

3. Write an essay on Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of gender polices and programmes.
(30 marks)
 MGS -004: GENDER SENSITIVE PLANNING AND POLICY MAKING

Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA -01)

Programme Code: MAGD

Course Code: MGS-004

Assignment Code: MGS-004/AST-01/TMA/2019-2020

Maximum Marks: 100

Weightage: 30%
PART- A

Answer the following in 200 words each.

1. Write short notes on the following: a) Gender Aware Planning b) Welfare and
development (10 marks)

2. Write an essay on the significance of seventh and eleventh five year plans of India. (10
marks)

3. Define Cost- benefit Analysis. Explain principles of cost –benefit analysis in gender
planning. (10 marks)

4. Explain different phases of gender planning in India in detail. (10 marks)

PART-B

Answer any two of the questions given below in 1000 words each.

1. List typologies of gender –sensitive polices given by Theodore Lowi. (30 marks)

2. Explain various models of policy formulation and development in detail. (30 marks)

3. Identify three best practices/case studies related to gender planning and policy making
from popular magazines or newspapers and analyze those cases from gender
perspectives. (30 marks)
 MGS- 005: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT
STUDIES

Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA -01)

Programme Code: MAGD

Course Code: MGS-005

Assignment Code: MGS-005/AST-01/TMA/2019-20

Maximum Marks: 100

Weightage: 30%
PART- A

Answer the following in 200 words each:

1.What is Research?

2. Define theory. Discuss the need for theory in social science research. (10 marks)

3. Write short notes on Epistemology, Rationalism and Empiricism. (10 marks)

4. What is the role of interviewer in feminist research? Explain with suitable example. (10
marks)

PART-B

Answer any two of the questions given below in 1000 words each.

1. What are the main features of “Feminists Method”? Explain.

2. What are types of survey instruments? Explain any two survey instruments in detail. (30
marks)

3. What are the various types of Non-Probability sampling methods? Explain in detail . (30
marks)

4. Choose a topic relevant to Gender and Development and prepare a research design using
steps mentioned in Unit 14 of this Course. (30 marks)
 M.A (Gender and Development Studies)

Assignments for Students Re-registered for II year Courses

MGSE-001: Gender Planning and Development Policies

MGSE-002: Gender Audit and Gender Budgeting

MGSE-003: Gender Mainstreaming

MGSE-004: Gender Issues in Agriculture, Rural Livelihoods and Natural Resource

Management

MGSE-006: Gender Issues in Resources and Entitlements

MGSE-007: Gender, Organization and Leadership

MGSE-009: Gender Issues in Work, Employment and Productivity

MGSE-010: Gender and Entrepreneurship Development

MGSE-013: Gender Training and Empowerment

MGSE-020: Gender and Financial Inclusion

 MGSE-001: GENDER PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA -01)

Programme Code: MAGD

Course Code: MGSE-001

Assignment Code: MGSE-001/AST- 01/TMA/2019-20

Maximum Marks: 100

Weightage: 30%
PART- A

Write short notes on the following (200 words in each):

1. Standing and Repeated use of Plans (10 marks)

2. Gender Gaps in Planning (10 marks)

3. Grassroots Gender Planning (10 marks)

4. Empowerment and Participation (10 marks)

PART- B

Answer any two of the questions given below in 1000 words each.
1. Write an essay on goals and objectives of gender planning. (30 marks)
2. What are Practical Gender Needs (PGNs)? How to meet PGNs through gender planning?
Explain. (30 marks)
3. Explain in detail the major planning cycles and its impact on women. (30 marks)
 MGSE-002: GENDER AUDIT AND BUDGETING
Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA -01)

Programme Code: MAGD

Course Code: MGSE-002

Assignment Code: MGSE-002/AST-01/TMA/2019-20

Maximum Marks: 100

Weightage: 30%
PART- A

Answer the following in 200 words each.

1. What is “Gender Budgeting”. (10 marks)

2. Write short notes on Gender Budgeting initiatives in “International Labour Organization”

(ILO). (10 marks)

3. Write a case study on gender budgeting initiatives in South Africa. (10 marks)

4. Why should fiscal policies be engendered? Explain. ( 10 marks)

PART- B

Answer any two of the questions given below in 1000 words each.

1. Write an essay on “Gender Budgeting Initiatives in Peru, Tanzania and United Kingdom.
(30 marks)

2. Explain the process of Social and Gender Audit with an example drawn from the
activities of Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS). (30 marks)

3. Analyze any two State government‟s 2017-18 budgets from gender perspective by using
an example from Unit 3 of this Course. (30 marks)
 MGSE-003: GENDER MAINSTREAMING
Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA -01)

Programme Code: MAGD

Course Code: MGSE-003

Assignment Code: MGSE-003/AST-01/TMA/2019-20

Maximum Marks: 100

Weightage: 30%
PART- A

Answer the following in 200 words each.

1. Define and discuss the concept of “Gender Mainstreaming”. (10 marks)

2. Do you think engendering communication is important? Justify your answer by providing

reasons for engendering communication. (10 marks)

3. Write short notes on any one gender mainstreaming initiatives at national level. (10
marks)

4. Discuss the significance of mainstreaming gender in informal economy. (10 marks)

PART- B

Answer any two of the questions given below in 1000 words each.

1. What are the components of gender mainstreaming strategies? Explain in detail. (30
marks)

2. Write an essay on welfare and anti poverty approaches with suitable example drawn from
polices and programmes of government of India. (30 marks)

3. Explain the efforts taken by the World Bank to mainstream gender in their organizations.
(30 marks)
 MGSE-004: GENDER ISSUES IN AGRICULTURE, RURAL LIVELIHOODS AND
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA -01)

Programme Code: MAGD

Course Code: MGSE-004

Assignment Code: MGSE-004/AST-01/TMA/2019-20

Maximum Marks: 100

Weightage: 30%
PART- A

Write short notes on the following in 200 words each:

1. Role of Women in Agriculture. (10 marks)

2. Millennium Development Goals. (10 marks)

3. National Agriculture Policy. (10 marks)

4. Women, Technology and Agriculture. (10 marks)

PART- B

Answer any two of the questions given below in 1000 words each.

1. Explain the significance of value added products in dairy farming. How can value added
products in dairy farming improve women‟s income? Discuss. (30 marks)

2. What is property? Discuss the significance of property in improving women‟s status and
condition at private and public spaces. (30 marks)

3. Write an essay on “Feminization of Agriculture and Allied Activities”. (30 marks)

 MGSE-006: GENDER ISSUES IN RESOURCES AND ENTITLEMENTS
Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA -01)

Programme Code: MAGD

Course Code: MGSE-006

Assignment Code: MGSE-006/AST- 01/TMA/2019-20

Maximum Marks: 100

Weightage: 30%

PART- A

Write short notes on the following (200 words each):

1. Social Structure (10 marks)

2. Rights Based Approach (10 marks)

3. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. (10 marks)

4. Types of Participation. (10 marks)

PART- B

Answer any two of the questions given below in 1000 words each.

1. What is Social Enterprise? Explain social enterprise with suitable examples. (30 marks)

2. Write an essay on feminist‟s critique of welfare approach. (30 marks)

3. Spell out positive and negative aspects of commercialization and its impact on women.
(30 marks)
 MGSE-007: GENDER, ORGANIZATION AND LEADERSHIP
Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA -01)

Programme Code: MAGD

Course Code: MGSE-007

Assignment Code: MGSE-007/AST-01/TMA/2018-19

Maximum Marks: 100

Weightage: 30%
PART- A

Write short notes on the following in 200 words each.

1. Organizations and its characteristics. (10 marks)

2. SWOT analysis. (10 marks)

3. Gender and Leadership styles. (10 marks)

4. Gendered Organization. (10 marks)

PART- B

Answer any two of the questions given below in 1000 words each.

1. Explain any three leadership theories in detail. (30 marks)

2. Discuss the concept of “Glass Ceiling” with quantitative data and case studies. (30
marks)

3. Write an essay on the role of organization in leadership building among women. (30
marks)
 MGSE-009: GENDER ISSUES IN WORK, EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY
Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA -01)

Programme Code: MAGD

Course Code: MGSE-009

Assignment Code: MGSE-009/AST-01/TMA/2019-20

Maximum Marks: 100

Weightage: 30%
PART- A

Write short notes on the following in 200 words each:

1. Wage Gap (10 marks)

2. Visible and Invisible Work of women (10 marks)

3. Care Economy (10 marks)

4. Gender Based Segmentation (10 marks)

PART- B

Answer any two of the questions given below in 1000 words each.

1. Describe women‟s participation in pre-industrial and industrial societies in detail. (30

marks)

2. Explain legal responses for women in work. (30 marks)

3. Explain the significance of social security protection for women in informal economy.
(30 marks)
 MGSE-010: GENDER AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA -01)

Programme Code: MAGD

Course Code: MGSE-010

Assignment Code: MGSE-010/AST-01/TMA/2019-20

Maximum Marks: 100

Weightage: 30%
PART- A

Answer the following in 200 words each.

1. Gender and Entrepreneurship (10 marks)

2. Balance of Payments and Women Entrepreneurship. (10 marks)

3. Micro Finance Programmes for Women Entrepreneurship. (10 marks)

4. Training of Women Entrepreneur. (10 marks)

PART- B

Answer any two of the questions given below in 1000 words each.

1. Identify Ten Women Entrepreneurs in your locality and prepare a 100 words case study
of each one of them (Please refer Unit 11 for preparing case studies). (30 marks)

2. How to identify business opportunity and prepare a business plan? Explain. (30 marks)

3. Write an essay on an “Entrepreneurial Assessment techniques”. (30 marks)

 MGSE-013: GENDER TRAINING AND EMPOWERMENT
Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA -01)

Programme Code: MAGD

Course Code: MGSE-013

Assignment Code: MGSE-013/AST-01/TMA/2019-20

Maximum Marks: 100

Weightage: 30%
PART- A

Write short notes on the following in 200 words each.

1. Approaches to Gender Training. (10 marks)

2. Training Modules. (10 marks)

3. Training AIDs. (10 marks)

4. Gender Trainer. (10 marks)

PART- B

Answer any two of the questions given below in 1000 words each.

1. Explain any two Empowerment frameworks in detail. (30 marks)

2. Explain the terms „Resources‟ „Agency‟ and „Achievement‟ in the context of

conceptualizing empowerment and its framework. (30 marks)

3. Explain the role of women leadership in the process of empowerment. (30 marks)
 MGSE-020: GENDER AND FINANCIAL INCLUSION
Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA -01)

Programme Code: MAGD

Course Code: MGSE-020

Assignment Code: MGSE-020/AST-01/TMA/2019-20

Maximum Marks: 100

Weightage: 30%
PART- A

Answer the following in 200 words each.

1. Discuss the concept of “Financial Inclusion” from a gender perspective. (10 marks)

2. What is “Bank”? How the banks contribute towards the financial inclusion of women?
Explain. . (10 marks)

3. Write short notes on „ e-Choupal‟ (10 marks)

4. Explain „Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches‟ in the content gender and financial
inclusion. (10 marks)

PART- B

Answer any two of the questions given below in 1000 words each.

1. Write an essay on „Community and Social Mobilization‟. (30 marks)

2. Explain the role of leadership in microfinance with suitable examples. (30 marks)

3. Discuss the need for affirmative action for women in microfinance. (30 marks)