Gender Studies Paper 2016
 

Attempt any four questions:

2)Write a note on status of women's studies in Pakistan and give your views on the autonomy/integration debate in Women's Studies.

3) What are the sites and forms of violence against women in Pakistan and how in your view this menace can be eliminated from our society?

4) What are the pros and cons of gender quota in politics? Give your views on the impact of gender quota in politics in Pakistan.

5) Write a note on women's movement in Pakistan. What are its strengths and weaknesses?

6) What are the theories of social construction of gender?

7) What is feminism? In what way Radical feminism is different from Socialist feminism?

8) Critically review the Gender and Development Approaches on the following:
(i) Women in Development (WID)
(ii) Women and Development (WAD)
(iii) Gender and Development (GAD)

[QUOTE=M Hassan Gillani;914816]Attempt any four questions:

2)Write a note on status of women's studies in Pakistan and give your views on the autonomy/integration debate in Women's Studies.

3) What are the sites and forms of violence against women in Pakistan and how in your view this menace can be eliminated from our society?

4) What are the pros and cons of gender quota in politics? Give your views on the impact of gender quota in politics in Pakistan.

5) Write a note on women's movement in Pakistan. What are its strengths and weaknesses?

6) What are the theories of social construction of gender?

7) What is feminism? In what way Radical feminism is different from Socialist feminism?

8) Critically review the Gender and Development Approaches on the following:
(i) Women in Development (WID)
(ii) Women and Development (WAD)
(iii) Gender and Development (GAD)[/QUOTE]
Mcqs please!

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Book names,history of women in pakistan,relevant acts of parliament,international conferences about women,dates of important persons related to gender.

The paper was heavily focused on Pakistan and it's issues, with little to no emphasis on global movements.

The mcqs I recall:
1) the author of the book The Second Sex
2) the author of the book the dialectic of Sex
3)Pakistan became a part of CEDAW in which year
4)Where is the Centre for Excellence in Gender Studies located in Pakistan
5)The first UN women conference took place in
6)Family laws Ordinance was made in which year
7)Malala Yousafzais year of birth
8)the legal age for women to vote in Pakistan is
9)the legal age of women to marry in Pakistan is
10)the protection against harassment act Pakistan was passed in which year

gender studies has become increasingly important especially in the times we are living in!

Good books suggestions
 

Those aspirants who mashallah have attempted GS paper kindly share their take on about this subject
What do u think which is the best book or books ?
Without any kind of background one can opt this subject as a good optional for
good marks ?
Internet sites recommendation ?
GS alternate form the same group ?
anything else that helps alot to cover this subject :)

Should I opt this subject for CE-2017

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[QUOTE=AR ZAIDI;914893]Those aspirants who mashallah have attempted GS paper kindly share their take on about this subject
What do u think which is the best book or books ?
Without any kind of background one can opt this subject as a good optional for
good marks ?
Internet sites recommendation ?
GS alternate form the same group ?
anything else that helps alot to cover this subject :)[/QUOTE]

Hey,

I did not have any background in this subject but I do have a social sciences background so I was familiar with the terminology a little bit.
Gender studies is an interesting subject but the theories require understanding.
The books on this subject that I would recommend would be for starters:
1) Gender a Sociological Approach by Mary Holmes
This book really breaks down the theories and makes a base for someone with no background in the subject,
Once you get a hang of the terms, theories etc you should narrow the sub topics you want to study.
I focused on Gender and Governance, Gender and Development and Gender and Globalization.
For these topics you will find a lot of articles etc but for Gender and Development, Reversed Realities was a good book.

As for scoring, I felt that the exam could not have been attempted by someone with little preparation, this is not one of those subjects. You need to give it some time but once you get the basics you can write on it easily.

For websites the Stanford Encyclopedia is a good resource.

Try Mary Holmes' book, if you understand it and enjoy it, then go for it.

Hope this helps.

All MCQs
 

1. The Second Sex was written by: Simon de Beauvoir
2. Dialect of Sex was written by: Sulamith Firestone
3. Centre of Excellence in Gender Studies: Quaid-e-Azam University.
4. Hudood Ordinance: 1979.
5. Seats reserved for women in parliament of Pakistan: 17%
6. Seats in Devolution of Power Plan for women:
7. Kate Millett was a: Radical Feminist.
8. Women's Protection Act: Pervaiz Musharraf.
9. Anti-sexual harassment Act: 2010.
10. Pakistan signed CEDAW in: 1996.
11. First woman speaker of National Assembly of Pakistan: Fahmida Mirza.
12. First president of "All Pakistan Women's Association": Rana Liaquat Ali Khan.
13. Family Laws Ordinance: 1961.
14. Mukhtaran Mai belonged to: South Punjab.
15. Women in first legislature of Pakistan: Two.
16. First conference of women in UNO was held in: Mexico.
17. Malala Yousufzai was born in: 1997.
18. National Commission on Status of Women: Pervaiz Musharraf.
19. Minimum age of girls for marriage in Pakistan: 16 years.
20. Minimum voting age: 18 years.