Women leaders across the globe are dealing with dispossession from resources, capabilities, and a form of discursive 'development' which is deeply rooted in a capitalist and patriarchal order. In the current milieu - as women leaders face further marginalization, cultural exclusivity, and the Covid-19 pandemic - we offer this online discourse hinged on power, patriarchy, and justice to support and facilitate a process of enhanced critical thinking and alternatives towards feminist ecological justice. This course aims to inspire and empower you - women leaders across the world - to engage in purposeful and justice-oriented leadership, and to design ways to inculcate processes, systems, and structures towards the above issues in the communities you are engaged with. Apart from leading towards a better world, and taking on leadership with more content, strategies, and with more conviction and confidence, the course is geared to improving our homes, workplaces, societies, and states. In this seven-week course, we will focus on a political understanding of gender, power, and patriarchy in the current milieu. We will also delve into leadership not just as a discourse but also as a lived alternative. We will work to understand, critique, and explore various progressive alternatives of change and justice. We will look into various leadership models and draw lessons from the feminist movement.
In this course, you will: Understand concepts of sex, gender and intersectionality; patriarchy and feminism; power and empowerment; feminist leadership models; and complexities and pluralities of feminist interventions. Reflect on your purpose as a leader. Learn practical tools and strategies for moving the complex notion of justice and equity. Network with an inspired group of women to de/construct approaches that break down gender-oriented barriers and constraints limiting community well-being, agency, and autonomy. By attending this course your organization will be able to: Develop a sound understanding of the way forward for achieving gender equality and advancing women's leadership, both in terms of opportunities as well as emerging challenges from your specific context. Delve into and critique strategies for a community-centered response to the challenges and opportunities including social inclusion and leadership of women, youth, Indigenous people, and other historically under-represented groups
Course Dates, Delivery & Time Requirement
Course Dates: Monday October 2, 2023 to Monday November 13, 2023.
Blended Asynchronous and Synchronous (weekly synchronous sessions on Zoom).
Learning Methods: Using Zoom and Moodle (online learning platform), our weekly sessions offer a variety of ways for you to learn and reflect through:
• Presentations, case studies and speakers.
• Pairs, small and large group activities and experience-sharing.
• Learning by doing - applying tools and methods between sessions.
• Critical questioning and reflection.
You should be prepared to dedicate 4-6 hours per week, including a 2 hour Zoom session on Mondays from 9-11 ADT and a 1.5 hours study circle on Thursdays from 9:00-1030 am ADT on zoom.
Who Can Apply & Tuition
Tuition Fees for the course are $1,500.
Coady Institute strives to ensure that participants working with marginalized communities around the world have access to its courses. This is made possible through the provision of bursaries that are funded by many individual and institutional donors of the International Centre for Women’s Leadership.
Partial bursaries of $1,100 are available for international candidates. Those receiving a bursary will be responsible for paying the balance of $400 CAD before the designated deadline.
Full bursaries are available for First Nations, Métis and Inuit women residing in Canada as well as women from African Nova Scotian communities.
When & How to Apply
Applications Open: April 17, 2023
Applications Close: June 30, 2023
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