Gender Awareness-raising: Gender and Sexuality Studies Programs
Introduction Awareness-raising is a process that can facilitate the exchange of personal insights and perceptions to promote a mutual understanding of them. In Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) programs gender awareness-raising intends to change attitudes, behaviors and beliefs that reinforce gender inequalities (Haider, 2012). As a former graduate student in WGSS, I can say the when students enroll in this classes, they challenge their own perceptions of gender in ways that they probably did not do before. Thus, Women, […]