Graduate Institute for Gender Studies

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1. Purpose of the Institute
To achieve the internationalization of education, follow the trend of international gender education in the second half of the 20th century and combine the international issues of gender equal rights promoted by the UN, Shih Hsin University set up The Graduate Institute of Gender Studies (GIGS), the first graduate institute of gender in the north of Taiwan, in 2003.
The purpose of the GIGS is to: (1) Respond to the national gender equality policies and deeply implant the academic and practical resources of gender studies; (2) Highlight the international tide of gender studies and strengthen the academic position and competitive advantage of this university; (3) Integrate the resources of gender studies in the north of Taiwan and improve the academic level of Taiwan’s gender studies; (4) Promote the interdisciplinary collaboration of this university and cultivate the talents with diverse vision in gender studies; (5) Advocate the public policy based on academic studies and promote the social development in line with gender justice; (6) Combine the academic studies and social practices and promote the social transformation of gender equality. The educational objective of the GIGS is to cultivate leadership talents taking into account both theory and practice in gender studies and gender movements, to promote gender equality in Taiwan’s society.
2. Overall work
Gender and policy, gender and communication, and gender and cultural studies are our main academic directions. Our curriculum also reflects an emphasis on theory and practice. It teaches the integration of knowledge and methodology, the application of gender studies in policymaking, and the implementation of gender equality and cultural diversity. The teacher’s teaching style of this institute is lively, critical, and inspirational, which can be demonstrated through the positive feedback from students and graduates. This institute also has an outstanding performance in professional academic research and several books of gender studies have been published. Moreover, many teachers of the GIGS act as consultants and committee members of government and NPOs, actively participating in the formulation of national gender policies. Therefore, the teachers of this institute have achieved extraordinary performance in terms of research, teaching, and student instruction, or contributing to the discussion on Taiwan’s social issues and policy formulation.

Websitehttp://gndrshu.wp.shu.edu.tw/