Gender Studies: Feminisms, Power & Social Change
Theory, Movements & Practice in South Asia and Beyond
A rigorous introduction to feminist theory, the political economy of gender, care work, law and rights, caste-gender intersections, and development practice — anchored in South Asian scholarship and global feminist thought. Built for practitioners, researchers, and anyone who wants to understand how gender structures power.
16 Modules
75 Terms
South Asia Focus
Free Forever
"Gender is not a natural fact but a complex political system that assigns rights and restricts freedoms on the basis of sex."— Nivedita Menon, Seeing Like a Feminist (2012)
Course Papers (Coming Soon)
AI Study Companion
Why Study Gender?
Gender is not a personal attribute. It is a system of power — one that shapes who does which labour, who owns property, who speaks in public, who survives violence, and who gets to define what counts as knowledge. Understanding how this system works, and where it can be challenged, is foundational to any serious development practice.
Theoretical Depth
Butler, Crenshaw, Connell, Agarwal, Kabeer, Menon, Chakravarti — primary texts and core arguments, not summaries.
South Asia Grounded
Caste-gender intersections, personal laws, the Indian women's movement, NFHS data — the scholarship that actually speaks to your context.
Law & Policy Fluency
PWDVA, POSH, the 73rd Amendment, the Vishaka guidelines — understand what the law says, what it misses, and how courts have interpreted it.
Practice-Ready
Gender mainstreaming tools, care work measurement, GBV programme design — theory connected to what you actually do in the field.
Gender Studies Lexicon
75 core terms across feminist theory, political economy, law, and development practice — with definitions, cross-references, and South Asian applications.
Browse Interactive Lexicon
Download Excel Lexicon (Coming Soon)
Meet the Founders
ImpactMojo is built by development practitioners who wanted PhD-level rigor at zero cost — for everyone.
Development economist and lawyer with two decades of field and policy experience across South Asia. Varna's work spans agricultural economics, feminist political economy, social protection, and rights-based development. She writes and teaches at the intersection of theory and practice.
Development practitioner and educator with deep experience in gender, livelihoods, and institutional capacity building across India. Vandana brings programme design, training, and organisational development expertise to ImpactMojo's learning frameworks.