COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WOMEN AT WORK AND EMPLOYMENT ISSUES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 7009 WOMEN AT WORK AND EMPLOYMENT ISSUES COMPULSORY 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Women's Studies Non-thesis

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR TUNÇ DEMIRBILEK

Offered to

Women's Studies Non-thesis

Course Objective

To examine women s place and the problems encountered in working life and to provide students the ability to evaluate reasons of limited labour force participation of women.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To explain place of women in society
2   To know reasons and barriers of women s limited participation in labour market
3   To analyse the structure of women employment
4   To evaluate women s working conditions in different sectors and industries
5   To discuss the effects of the change in economic, social and cultural structures on women employment

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concept of working woman and its place in working life
2 National and international regulations on working women
3 Macro policies on working women: Education, employment, social security, health
4 Factors which influence labour force participation of women
5 Informality, job insecurity and flexible working
6 Social security practices towards working women
7 Working women within the concepts of health, occupational health and safety
8 Gender discrimination in working life
9 Violence in workplace
10 Work-Family balance
11 Motivation and job satisfaction of women in working life
12 Micro policies on working women

Recomended or Required Reading

BIÇERLI, M. Kemal. (2009). Çalışma Ekonomisi. 5. Baskı, Istanbul: Beta Basım.
GHOSE, Ajit K., MAJID, Nomaan ve ERNST, Christoph. (2010). Küresel Istihdam Sorunu. (Çev. Edt.: Ömer Faruk Çolak), Ankara: Efil Yayınevi.
Global Employment Trends 2011. (2011). Global Employment Trends 20011: The Challenge of Jobs Recovery, Geneva: ILO Publication.
KORAY, Meryem. (1991). Çalışma Yaşamı Penceresinden Kadın Gerçekleri, Izmir: Tu rkiye Sosyal Siyasal Aras tırmalar Vakfı.
KORAY, Meryem, DEMIRBILEK, Sevda ve DEMIRBILEK, Tunç (1999). Gıda Işkolunda Çalışan Kadınların Koşulları ve Geleceği, Ankara: KSSGM.
MAKAL, Ahmet ve TOKSÖZ, Gülay. (2013). Geçmişten Günümüze Türkiye de Kadın Emeği, Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi Yayınevi.
TOKSÖZ, Gülay. (2007). Türkiye de Kadın Istihdamının Durumu, Ankara: ILO Yayını.
TOKSÖZ, Gülay ve ERDOĞDU, Seyhan. (1998). Sendikacı Kadın Kimliği, Ankara: Imge Kitapevi.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, weekly readings, question-answer, discussion, assignment and presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Students are obligated to participate 70% of the lectures
2. All kinds of plagiarism and attempt of plagiarism shall be concluded by disciplinary punishment
3. Students supposed to read the materials before lecture and participate the classroom discussions
4. Students are expected to make presentations about the subjects given by the lecturer.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

+90 232.3010351 t.demirbilek@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 04.00 pm-05.00 pm

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 0

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.153
LO.25344
LO.35
LO.445
LO.5545

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