COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Tourism Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EMIR ÖZEREN

Offered to

Course Objective

The objectives of the course are broadly two-fold: first, to gain a solid understanding of the patterns and constraints of gender inequality around the world up to the present day, and second, to review and debate what we know and don t know about what policies and programs can work to close gender gaps, with a focus on developing countries. Recognising the role of tourism and leisure in advancing gender debates within the social sciences, this course has the aim of providing insights into gender equality awareness in the field of tourism and leisure research.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Gender Equality and Tourism: Beyond Empowerment
Edited by: Stroma Cole, University of the West of England, UK

https://www.cabi.org/bookshop/book/9781786394422/
https://www.cabi.org/products-and-services/about-cabi-books/open-resources/gender-equality-and-tourism-beyond-empowerment/

Drawing on the theme of gender equality in tourism, the book aims to identify the main obstacles to women s advancement in the tourism industry, and to discover and share successful strategies to overcome them, drawing on case studies from all over the world. The book is a critical analysis of women in tourism from different stakeholder perspectives, from INGOs, national governments, and managers as well as workers in a variety of fields producing tourism. It explores the continuing power imbalances and injustices women experience and shed some light on how to overcome them.

The artificial divide between paid productive labour and unpaid reproductive labour and the lack of value given to care work is a recurrent theme and significant obstacles to achieving gender equality. The collection points to the slow and small changes that women are making and how women are using the transformations tourism brings to their advantage. The book is a collection of stories of how women, despite prejudice and stereotypes, are gaining agency and autonomy by using tourism to shift gender relations.
The conclusion highlights the commonalities in the women s stories:
A need for a new interpretation of empowerment;
That women help women;
The barriers women face in pursuing careers in tourism;
The hopes but also the fears that tourism work can bring;
How indecent work tourism can be, and that the situation is far worse for some women than others.
The book is about women involved in a slow revolution of change, and a number of factors were identified that could speed up the transformation of gender relations in tourism, including:
better definitions and the enforcement of gender equality as a human right;
the need to take account of reproductive labour;
ensuring women s voices are heard
using gendered action plans;
using gender auditing and impact analysis;
gender awareness training and
improved disclosure of best practice.

Stories from: Nicaragua, Cape Verde, Portugal, Turkey, Mexico, Ladakh, South Africa, Nepal, Greece, Austria, Indonesia, Thailand, Tanzania and Ecuador

Overcoming Challenges to Gender Equality in the Workplace: Leadership and Innovation Edited by Patricia M. Flynn, Kathryn Haynes and Maureen A. Kilgour August 2016 156 x 234 mm ISBN 978-1-78353-546-0 Grean Leaf Publishing

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, class discussions, presentations

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Midterm Exam: Midterm exam encompasses the subjects covered in lectures as well as weekly assignments (40%).
2. Final Exam: The exam encompasses all the subjects covered throughout the semester, as well as in-class discussions, applications and case studies (60%).

Assessment Criteria

Exam papers will be evaluated regarding the level of understanding, as well as defining the causality between the basic concepts and issues of the lecture, ability of giving examples and analytical thought, and using relevant terminology.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligatory to attend at least 70% of the classes
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
3. It is essential that students make use of the reading list
4. Students are expected to be involved in class discussions

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

emir.ozeren@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday: 13:00/ 14:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

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