MGS-001: Gender and Development – Assignment 2024-25 Master Index
This page contains all the answers for the IGNOU MAGD Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA-01) for the course MGS-001: Gender and Development: Concepts, Approaches and Strategies. Each answer has been written in simple language, ideal for undergraduate understanding, with clarity and structure.
📘 PART A – Short Answer Questions (200 Words Each)
- Define and discuss the concept of Integrated Development from a gender perspective.
- How would you describe the Sustainable Development Goals in terms of addressing concerns of gender inequality?
- Define ‘Development’. Discuss the emergence of development and modernization theories.
- How Ester Boserup’s thesis has contributed to highlighting women’s contribution to economic development? Explain
📗 PART B – Long Answer Questions (1000 Words Each)
- Write an essay on the emergence of a framework or theory of gender and development to address gender concerns in the development process.
- What is unpaid labour? Discuss gender segregation in unpaid work.
- What is gender Mainstreaming? Discuss various case studies related to gender mainstreaming in the Indian context.
Course Code: MGS-001
Programme Code: MAGD
Assignment Code: MGS-001/AST-01/TMA/2024-25
Category: MGS-001
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