Universidad de los Andes

Master's Degree in Gender - Research

A master's degree that trains leaders capable of incorporating a gender perspective into policies, projects, and research, comprehensively addressing the social, economic, cultural, and environmental dimensions that shape power relations in contemporary society.

Program description

The Master's Program in Gender Studies trains professionals capable of analyzing, understanding, and generating proposals with a gender perspective in the contemporary context, from an ethical and interdisciplinary standpoint, taking into account the plurality of actors, cultures, and power relations with other forms of social differentiation among individuals, groups, and territories. Furthermore, it empowers leaders in the formulation, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of policies, programs, and public research and intervention projects that incorporate a gender perspective.

Graduate profile

The graduate will be able to:

• To understand and analyze the theoretical approaches that underpin different schools of feminist thought, such as the concepts and discussions surrounding gender.
• To critically and constructively assess the problems and challenges of contemporary societies from a gender and interdisciplinary perspective.
• Formulate strategies and proposals from a gender perspective for cultural, social, economic and political organizations and programs.
• Design and implement research processes and generate new knowledge, from a gender and intersectional perspective, in response to contemporary questions and problems.