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Prof. Mirjana Radovic-Markovic Center for Women and Gender Studies

CWSGR · British American University, Florida, USA

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Welcome to the CWSGR

Welcome to the Prof. Mirjana Radovic-Markovic Center for Women and Gender Studies.

Prof. Mirjana Radovic-Markovic Center for Women Studies and Gender Relations (CWSGR) was established in March 2020, to contribute towards attitudinal and social transformation through the promotion of women empowerment and gender studies; that is, equality and equity. The Center was first housed under the Women Education and Gender Studies Complex in Belgrade, Europe, from where it spread to other countries in four continents of Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. The CWSGR aligns with the long time strategic priorities, intellectual direction, and transformative imperatives of the British American University, Florida.

CWSGR

About the Center

Through rigorous and critical analysis of the role of economic, religious, and political institutions in legitimizing and institutionalizing gender, sex, and sexuality disparities, the CWSGR, as an integral organ of BAU’s research efforts, seeks to mainstream gender across the sector through teaching and learning, research, and collaborative engagements. This mission of the Center is informed by the vision of the university to be a dynamic; American University formed and developed for the cutting-edge knowledge, skills acquisition and development towards a sustainable future. The CWSGR at the British American University was designed and focused to approach gender mainstreaming through the American intellectual heritage rooted particularly in the North American region consisting of the USA, Canada, Jamaica, Barbados and the rest of the Caribbean countries from where we approach the rest of the international communities.

In Summary, the core aim of the BAU Center for Women Studies and Gender Relations is to focus on mainstreaming gender in teaching and learning, promote scholarly engagements that can transform attitude towards gender transformation. This mandate is matched by these following goals;
To facilitate cooperation, collaboration, and networking within the University as well as with Government and non-Government organizations in order to influence policy making and implementation, and also to support and advance the constitutional values of human dignity, equality, freedom, and social justice.
To promote the integration of socially relevant interdisciplinary women studies and gender relations in teaching, learning, curricula design, research, and engagement at both undergraduate, postgraduate and professional education levels,
To build Institutional, regional, and national capacity and support for women empowerment and gender promotion through teaching, training, learning, consultancy, and networking, and
To critically analyze, appraise and interpret gender differences and inequality from complex contextual perspectives as well as their relationship with ethnicity, culture, religion, class, sexual orientation, age, and other important relevant factors.
In the process of achieving the millennium goal of the BAU-CWSGR, the following degree programs are run by the Center in addition to professional Certificate and Diploma programs; and seminars and conferences across many countries:
Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Gender and Development,
Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Women and Gender Studies.
Master of Science (MSc) in Gender and Development,
Master of Science (MSc) in Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies,
Master of Science (MSc) Women and Gender Studies.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Gender and Development,
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Women and Gender Studies. And
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies,

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For more details, contact the Center or the Registrar of the University.