Course Title: Develop gender equity strategies

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2021

Course Code: HUSO5234

Course Title: Develop gender equity strategies

School: 375T Vocational Design and Social Context

Campus: City Campus

Program: C0048 - Course in Gender Equity

Course Contact: Bronwyn Tanti

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 9079

Course Contact Email: bronwyn.tanti@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 36

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

VU22770: Develop a gender lens to support gender equity work

Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to develop gender equity strategies that contribute to sustainable gender equity in a work context.

This unit supports the attainment of skills and knowledge required to develop strategies aimed at challenging or addressing identified gender unequal norms, practices and structures within a work context.

It includes scoping for the gender equity strategy via stakeholder consultation and the collection of supporting data, which informs the design of a sustainable gender equity strategy appropriate to the work context.

This unit applies to practitioners and professionals with varying degrees of responsibility working in roles that have a responsibility for contributing to gender equity. This unit enhances the ability to develop gender equity strategies that contribute to sustainable gender equity within known work environments and work practices. 

This course is delivered and assessed in a cluster with;

VU22775: Undertake a gender assessment 

VU22777: Implement and monitor gender equity strategies


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

VU22776 Develop gender equity strategies

Element:

1. Scope the gender equity strategy

Performance Criteria:

1.1  Identify an issue or opportunity to improve gender equity in the workplace

1.2  Identify and articulate a rationale that supports the need to develop a gender equity strategy

1.3  Identify and consult with stakeholders to support and inform the gender equity strategy

1.4  Locate supporting data to inform development of gender equity strategy

1.5  Determine the scope of the gender equity strategy to address an issue or opportunity to improve gender equity in a work context

Element:

2. Design the gender equity strategy

Performance Criteria:

2.1  Identify steps required to achieve the gender equity strategy outcomes

2.2  Identify opportunities to ensure sustainability of gender equity strategy

2.3  Identify resources required to implement gender equity strategy

2.4  Plan for potential barriers or resistance or backlash to the gender equity strategy

2.5  Review identified gender equity strategy against rationale for the need to develop a gender equity strategy

2.6  Obtain stakeholder consensus and commitmentto the identified gender equity strategy

2.7  Documentagreed gender equity strategy


Learning Outcomes


On successful completion of this course you will have developed the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements.


Details of Learning Activities

This course is delivered using a blended model.  There are online readings and activities, an online class weekly with the facilitator and fortnightly face to face workshops to demonstrate skill.


Teaching Schedule

TBC


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources


Overview of Assessment

There are five assessments tasks in this cluster.  They include knowledge questions, a gender assessment, development, implementation and monitoring a gender strategy and a reflective journal.   


Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Knowledge Questions

Assessment Task 2: Gender Assessment

Assessment Task 3: Gender strategy development

Assessment Task 4: Implement and monitor the strategy

Assessment Task 5: Reflective Journal


Assessment Matrix

Assessment matrix can be found in Canvas under the assignment section

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