Gender and Economics

Course objective: 

Economic inequalities between men and women persist in many countries. For example, men earn more money and are more likely to own land and control productive assets than women. This course is intended to provide basic and intermediate-level training to development practitioners, policy and programme staff in international development agencies. The overall objective is to strengthen the capacity of technical advisors and programme staff to formulate and implement gender-responsive economic policies.

Key topics:

• Feminist approaches to macroeconomics, microeconomics and international economics
• Critical analysis of global and regional economic trends, including those related to economic crises
• Gender-responsive economic policy for programme implementation, policymaking and advocacy

Duration: 23/06–27/06/2025

Teaching format: Online

ECTS points: 3

Examination: A written assignment will be distributed during the course, and due 2 weeks after the course completion

Course fee: CHF 950

Lecturers:

• Dr Yelda Yucel, Bilgi University
• Dr Ozge Izdes, Istanbul University
• Dr İpek İlkkaracan, Istanbul Technical University
• Dr Medinat Malefakis, NADEL (coordination)

For more information please visit nadel.ethz.ch

Registration starts 4th of November 2024.

Photo credit: Asian Development Bank