COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL GENDER EQUALITY AND PREVENTION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
INS 5048 SOCIAL GENDER EQUALITY AND PREVENTION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Human Rights Law

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR TIJEN DÜNDAR SEZER

Offered to

Human Rights Law

Course Objective

To examine relevant Turkish legislation, comparative law datas, international covenant
provisions (especially European Convention on Human Rights and UN Convention on the
Elemination of All Forms of Discrimination Againist Women), Constitutional Court
decisions and other important judicial decisions and international supervisory
mechanisms decisions by explaining concepts of equality, prohibition of discrimination,
equality of women and men and discrimination againist women within the framework of
gender equality perspective; in this context to emphasize neccesity of equality of
women and men in order to existing of real equality, human rights and democracy in a
society.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to determine problems at issues of gender equality, equality of women and men and discrimination againist women.
2   To be able to generally have full knowledge of legislation, practice and judicial decisions at issues of gender equality, equality of women and men and discrimination againist women
3   To be able to analyse practice and legislation regarding gender equality.
4   To be able to probe developments in the field of human rights of women.
5   To be able to question the relationship between human rights of women and generally human rights law while having this course

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Explaining concepts of equality and prohibition of discrimination
2 Examining concepts of equality of women and men and discrimination againist women
3 Historical development of human rights of women
4 Equality of women and men and affirmative action in Constitution of 1982
5 Gender equality in legislation and practice in Turkey
6 Human rights of women in legislation and practice in Turkey
7 Covenant regarding human rights of women: Examining United Nations Convention on the Elemination of All Forms of Discrimination Againist Women (CEDAW)
8 Midterm Exam
9 Recommendations of CEDAW Committee and individual application to CEDAW Committee
10 Decisions and comments of CEDAW Committee at the end of individual applications
11 Provisions within Europen Convention on Human Rights regarding equality of women and men and elemination of discrimination againist women
12 Decisions of Europen Court of Human Rights regarding equality of women and men and elemination of discrimination againist women
13 Equality of women and men and discrimination againist women in other international covenants and decisions of other supervisory mechanisms
14 Relationship between gender equality and violance againist women; measures regarding prevention violance againist women and Positive obligations of states at issues of providing equality of women and men and elemination of discrimination againist women and affirmative action

Recomended or Required Reading

Ana kaynak: Dündar Sezer, Tijen, "Kadın Erkek Eşitliğine Ilişkin Yaklaşımlar ve Türk
Anayasa Mahkemesi", Izmir Barosu Dergisi, Y.74, No.3, July-2009, p.120-192
Yardımcı kaynaklar: -Dündar Sezer, Tijen, "Kadınlara Karşı Ayrımcılığın Önlenmesinde
ve Eşit Hakların Sağlanmasında Devletlerin Olumlu Yükümlülükleri", Uluslararası
Multidisipliner Kadın Kongresi, Bildiri Özeti Kitabı, 13-16 October 2009, Notice Book,
Vol.2, Izmir-2010, p.765-778.
Berktay F., "Kadınların Insan Hakları:Insan Hakları Hukukunda Yeni Bir Açılım", inside:
Insan Hakları, YKY, Istanbul-2000 p. 349-372.
Gören Z., Farklı Cinslerin Eşit Haklara Sahip Olması, DEU, Faculty of Law, Döner
Sermaye Işletmesi Pub., No:83, 2th Ed., Izmir 1998, (Eşit Haklar).
Iba Ş., "Eşitlik ve Pozitif Ayrımcılık Kavramları Yönünden Dokuzuncu Anayasa
Değişikliği",Amme Idaresi Dergisi, Vol.39, No.1, March 2006, s.1-15.
Inceoğlu S., "Türk Anayasa Mahkemesi ve Insan Hakları Avrupa Mahkemesi Kararlarında
Eşitlik ve Ayrımcılık Yasağı", Çalışma ve

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, examining case studies, examining several judical decisions, preparing
homework, atelier works.

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

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 1 1
Preparation for final exam 1 35 35
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 160

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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