International Studies Major Requirements
The major requires 4 semesters or the equivalent in one foreign language. Students must complete at least one college course to meet this requirement; high school work alone will not suffice. Students must attain a 2.0 GPA in all UWM credits attempted for the major. In addition, the College requires that students attain a 2.0 GPA in all major credits attempted, including any transfer work.
Students may receive credit toward the International Studies (IS) major for participation in study abroad programs or the United Nations Summer Seminar. Credit towards the major also may be obtained through a semester-long internship in an international business, a government office, or a private organization with an international focus, either in Milwaukee or abroad.
Students may declare the International Studies (IS) major once they have reached 15 credits. The advisor will assist each student in preparing a logical sequence of studies.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Introductory Requirements 1 | ||
| ECON 103 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 104 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| GEOG 110 | The World: Peoples and Regions | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Anthropology: Culture and Society | ||
| Lifeways in Different Cultures: A Survey of World Societies | ||
| East Asian Civilization Since 1600 | ||
| Latin American Society and Culture | ||
| Women and Gender in Europe: 1750 to the Present | ||
| The Modern Middle East in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries | ||
| POL SCI 106 | Politics of the World's Nations | 3 |
| or POL SCI 175 | Introduction to International Relations | |
| Requirements for the Major | ||
| General | ||
| INTLST 550 | Senior Seminar in International Studies: (subtitle) (satisfies L&S research requirement) | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| Introduction to Research Methods in Anthropology | ||
| Techniques and Problems in Ethnography | ||
| Economic Statistics | ||
| Introduction to Geographic Information Science | ||
| Seminar on Historical Method: Research Techniques | ||
| Elementary Statistical Analysis | ||
| Introduction to Political Science Research | ||
| Political Data Analysis | ||
| Introduction to Statistical Thinking in Sociology | ||
| Women's and Gender Studies Research Methods: | ||
| Options | ||
| Select one of the following: | 18 | |
Option A: International Politics and World Affairs | ||
Option B: International Economics and Development | ||
Option C: World Languages and Culture | ||
| Electives | ||
| Select 11-12 credits from the list of electives for a total of 36 credits | 11-12 | |
| Total Credits | 50-52 | |
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The introductory courses are required and should be taken during the first two years. Credits earned in the introductory courses do not count toward the 36 credits required for the major. They cannot be taken on a credit/no credit basis.
Option A: International Politics and World Affairs
This option emphasizes political aspects of international studies. 18 credits are required as outlined below:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required | ||
| ECON 351 | Introduction to International Economic Relations | 3 |
| HIST 434 | The United States as a World Power in the 20th Century | 3 |
| POL SCI 359 | Problems of American Foreign Policy | 3 |
| Select a minimum of three of the following: | 9 | |
| Economic Development | ||
| International Law | ||
| International Organization and the United Nations | ||
| Seminar in International Relations: (part of UN Summer Seminar) | ||
| Politics of Nuclear Weapons | ||
| History of International Political Thought | ||
| Theories and Methods in International Politics | ||
| International Conflict | ||
| Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict | ||
| Total Credits | 18 | |
Option B: International Economics and Development
This option emphasizes the political, economic, and cultural aspects of developing countries as well as the economic aspects of international studies. 18 credits are required as outlined below:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ECON 301 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 302 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 353 | Economic Development | 3 |
| POL SCI 330 | The Politics of International Economic Relations | 3 |
| Select a minimum of two of the following: | 6 | |
| International Marketing | ||
| International Business | ||
| Introduction to International Economic Relations | ||
| International Trade | ||
| International Finance | ||
| International Law | ||
| International Conflict | ||
| Great Cities of the World: Their Growth and Guided Urbanization | ||
| Planning Local Economic Development | ||
| Total Credits | 18 | |
Option C: World Languages and Culture
This option emphasizes the cultural aspects of international studies, examining topics such as globalization and politics from a range of perspectives. 18 credits are required as outlined below:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select four from the following list, selecting from four different disciplinary areas: | 12 | |
| Anthropology: | ||
| Globalization, Culture, and Environment | ||
| Cities and Culture | ||
| Law and Society | ||
| Contemporary Issues in Global Justice | ||
| Humanitarianism in Global Perspective | ||
| The Global Politics of Human Rights | ||
| The Human Economy | ||
| Political Anthropology | ||
| Cross-Cultural Study of Religion | ||
| Comparative Literature: | ||
| Literature and Religion: | ||
| Literature and Politics: | ||
| English: | ||
| Introduction to World Literatures Written in English: | ||
| World Cinema: | ||
| Studies in World Literature Written in English: | ||
| Global Studies: | ||
| The Global City in History | ||
| Language, Media, and Social Practice in Global Communications | ||
| Humanitarianism in Global Perspective | ||
| The Global Politics of Human Rghts | ||
| History: | ||
| The Twentieth Century: A Global History | ||
| Topics in Global History: | ||
| Topics in Global History: | ||
| World Literature in Translation: | ||
| Italy and Its Global Fictions: | ||
| Topics in Italian Literature and Culture in Translation: | ||
| Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy in Translation: Major Works | ||
| Russian Literature and Culture in Translation: | ||
| Introduction to Latino Literature in English | ||
| Select at least two upper-division courses (numbered 300 or above) in a single foreign language | 6 | |
| Islam: Religion and Culture | ||
| Contemporary Chinese Societies through Film | ||
| Chinese Martial Arts Fiction | ||
| Japanese Performance Traditions | ||
| Seminar in Japanese Literature and Culture: | ||
| Total Credits | 18 | |
Electives
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AFRIC 232 | Survey of African Societies and Cultures | 3 |
| AFRIC 311 | African Religious Thought and Social Organizations | 3 |
| AFRIC 320 | Black Cultures in Latin America and the Caribbean | 3 |
| AFRIC 325 | Africa/China Relations | 3 |
| AFRIC 329 | Economic Growth and Sustainable Development in Africa | 3 |
| AFRIC 334 | Survey of Black American and Black Brazilian Societies | 3 |
| AFRIC 344 | Global Black Social Movements | 3 |
| AFRIC 351 | Sexuality, Gender, and Health in Africa and the Diaspora | 3 |
| AFRIC 352 | Extended Families in Black Societies | 3 |
| AFRIC 362 | Philosophy and Thought in Africa and the Diaspora II | 3 |
| AFRIC 414 | The Black Woman in America, Africa, and the Caribbean | 3 |
| AFRIC 418 | Race, Class, and Gender in Latin America and the Caribbean | 3 |
| AFRIC 420 | The Political Economy of Slavery | 3 |
| AFRIC 565 | Selected Texts/Topics in African & African Diaspora Studies: | 3 |
| AMLLC 216 | Survey of Civilization: | 3 |
| ANTHRO 104 | Lifeways in Different Cultures: A Survey of World Societies | 3 |
| ANTHRO 102 | Introduction to Anthropology: Culture and Society | 3 |
| ANTHRO 156 | Food and Culture | 3 |
| ANTHRO 250 | Women's Roles in Cross-Cultural Perspective | 3 |
| ANTHRO 320 | Peoples and Cultures of Africa | 3 |
| ANTHRO 326 | Peoples and Cultures of South Asia | 3 |
| ANTHRO 349 | Seminar in Ethnography and Cultural Processes | 3 |
| ANTHRO 355 | Globalization, Culture, and Environment | 3 |
| ANTHRO/GLOBAL 362 | System Failure: Globalization and Language Extinction | 3 |
| ANTHRO 381 | Honors Seminar: | 3 |
| ANTHRO 431 | Cities and Culture | 3 |
| ANTHRO 432 | Law and Society | 3 |
| ANTHRO 433 | Contemporary Issues in Global Justice | 3 |
| ANTHRO 440 | Medical Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTHRO 441 | Nature, Knowledge, and Technoscience in Anthropological Perspective | 3 |
| ANTHRO/GLOBAL 442 | Humanitarianism in Global Perspective | 3 |
| ANTHRO 443 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals in the Global Age | 3 |
| ANTHRO 445 | Psychological Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTHRO 446 | The Child in Different Cultures | 3 |
| ANTHRO/GLOBAL 447 | The Global Politics of Human Rights | 3 |
| ANTHRO 448 | Cultural and Human Ecology | 3 |
| ANTHRO 449 | The Human Economy | 3 |
| ANTHRO 450 | Political Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTHRO 540 | Applications of Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTHRO 543 | Cross-Cultural Study of Religion | 3 |
| ANTHRO 561 | Techniques and Problems in Ethnography | 3 |
| ANTHRO 641 | Seminar in Anthropology: | 3 |
| ARABIC 111 | Cultures and Civilizations of the Muslim Middle East | 3 |
| ARABIC 390 | Islam: Religion and Culture | 3 |
| ART 509 | Art & Design Seminar: | 3 |
| ARTHIST 205 | History of Film I: Development of an Art | 3 |
| ARTHIST 206 | History of Film II: Development of an Art | 3 |
| ARTHIST 382 | Chinese Art and Architecture | 3 |
| ARTHIST 481 | Topics in Chinese Art: | 3 |
| BUS ADM 201 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 4 |
| BUS ADM 456 | International Financial Management | 3 |
| BUS ADM 465 | International Marketing | 3 |
| BUS ADM 496 | International Business | 3 |
| CHINESE 150 | Contemporary Chinese Society and Culture | 3 |
| CHINESE 200 | Chinese Calligraphy | 3 |
| CHINESE 320 | Contemporary Chinese Societies through Film | 3 |
| CHINESE 343 | Chinese Martial Arts Fiction | 3 |
| COMMUN 310 | Communication in Organizations | 3 |
| COMMUN 350 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| COMMUN 363 | Communication in Human Conflict | 3 |
| COMMUN 450 | Cross-Cultural Communication | 3 |
| COMMUN 550 | International and Global Communication | 3 |
| COMMUN 665 | Introduction to Mediation | 3 |
| COMMUN 675 | Communication in International Mediation and Peacebuilding | 3 |
| COMMUN 681 | Seminar in Communication in a World of AIDS | 3 |
| COMPLIT 135 | Experiencing Literature in the 21st Century: | 3 |
| COMPLIT 207 | Global Literature from Antiquity to the 1600s: | 3 |
| COMPLIT 208 | Global Literature from the 17th Century to the Present: | 3 |
| COMPLIT 231 | Literature and Religion: (Nazis and Anti-Semitic Propaganda) | 3 |
| COMPLIT 232 | Literature and Politics: (subtitle) | 3 |
| COMPLIT 233 | Literature and Film: (subtitle) | 3 |
| COMPLIT 230 | Literature and Society: | 3 |
| COMPLIT 350 | Topics in Comparative Literature: | 3 |
| COMPLIT 360 | Seminar in Literature and Cultural Experience: | 3 |
| COMPLIT 362 | Transnational Asian Cinemas: | 3 |
| COMPLIT 461 | Film-Fiction Interaction: | 3 |
| COMPLIT 463 | Literary Criticism: Major Authors | 3 |
| COMPLIT 464 | Seminar in Comparative Literary Criticism: (subtitle) | 3 |
| ECON 248 | Economics of Discrimination | 3 |
| ECON 301 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 302 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 310 | Research Methods for Economics | 3 |
| ECON 328 | Environmental Economics | 3 |
| ECON 351 | Introduction to International Economic Relations | 3 |
| ECON 353 | Economic Development | 3 |
| ECON 411 | Economic Forecasting Methods | 3 |
| ECON 413 | Statistics for Economists | 3 |
| ECON 447 | Labor Economics | 3 |
| ECON 450 | Health Economics | 3 |
| ECON 454 | International Trade | 3 |
| ECON 455 | International Finance | 3 |
| ECON 489 | Internship in Economics, Upper Division | 1-6 |
| ED POL 698 | Fieldwork in International Education | 1-6 |
| ENGLISH 210 | Global Englishes | 3 |
| ENGLISH 214 | Writing in the Professions: (International Business Writing) | 3 |
| ENGLISH 278 | Introduction to World Literatures Written in English: | 3 |
| ENGLISH 285 | Modern Irish Language and Literature in Translation | 3 |
| ENGLISH 306 | Survey of Irish Literature | 3 |
| ENGLISH 312 | Topics in Film, Television and Digital Studies: | 3 |
| ENGLISH 316 | World Cinema: | 3 |
| ENGLISH 381 | World Literatures Written in English: | 3 |
| ENGLISH 404 | Language, Power, and Identity | 3 |
| ENGLISH 522 | Studies in World Literature Written in English: | 3 |
| ENGLISH 622 | Seminar in Irish Literature: (subtitle) | 3 |
| ENGLISH 624 | Seminar in Modern Literature: | 3 |
| ENGLISH 625 | Seminar in Literary History: | 3 |
| ENGLISH 627 | Seminar in Literature and Culture: | 3 |
| ETHNIC 250 | Selected Topics in Ethnic Studies: | 3 |
| FRENCH 324 | Contemporary French Language and Culture | 3 |
| FRENCH 357 | Literature of the French-Speaking World in Translation: | 3 |
| FRENCH 426 | Growing Up French | 3 |
| FRENCH 430 | Reaction and Innovation: French Culture of the 19th and 20th Centuries | 3 |
| FRENCH 431 | Seminar in Literature of the Francophone World: | 3 |
| FRENCH 432 | Seminar in French and Francophone Cultures: | 3 |
| FRENCH 450 | Institutions and Culture of Contemporary France | 3 |
| FRENCH 451 | Cinema of the French-Speaking World: (subtitle) | 3 |
| FRENCH 510 | Seminar on Masterpieces of Literature Written in French: (subtitle) | 3 |
| GEOG 115 | Globalization and Economic Development | 3 |
| GEOG 125 | Introduction to Environmental Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 213 | Geography of Asia | 3 |
| GEOG 231 | Muslim Geographies: Identities and Politics | 3 |
| GEOG 309 | Nationalities and Nations of the World | 3 |
| GEOG 330 | Europe: East and West | 3 |
| GEOG 443 | Cities of the World: Comparative Urban Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 470 | Geography of South Asia | 3 |
| GERMAN 333 | Texts and Contexts | 3 |
| GERMAN 334 | Introduction to German Studies | 3 |
| GERMAN 360 | German for the Global World | 3 |
| GERMAN 410 | German Cultural History | 3 |
| GERMAN 415 | Topics in German Studies: | 3 |
| GERMAN 460 | German Literature from 1945 to the Present | 3 |
| GLOBAL 101 | Introduction to Global Studies I: People and Politics | 3 |
| GLOBAL 201 | Introduction to Global Studies II: Economics and the Environment | 3 |
| GLOBAL 202 | Introduction to Global Studies III: Globalization and Technology | 3 |
| GLOBAL 297 | Study Abroad: (subtitle) | 1-12 |
| GLOBAL 311 | Contexts for Global Management | 3 |
| GLOBAL 321 | The Global City in History | 3 |
| GLOBAL 351 | Language, Media, and Social Practice in Global Communications | 3 |
| GLOBAL 362 | System Failure: Globalization and Language Extinction | 3 |
| GLOBAL 371 | Rethinking Global Security | 3 |
| GLOBAL 442 | Humanitarianism in Global Perspective | 3 |
| GLOBAL 443 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals in the Global Age | 3 |
| GLOBAL 447 | The Global Politics of Human Rghts | 3 |
| GLOBAL 448 | Intellectual Property in the Global Information Economy | 3 |
| GLOBAL 451 | Access, Security, and Intercultural Contexts in Global Communications | 3 |
| GLOBAL 471 | Strategies for Realizing Security in Global Contexts | 3 |
| GLOBAL 489 | International Internship in Global Studies, Upper Division | 1-6 |
| GLOBAL 497 | Study Abroad: (subtitle) | 1-12 |
| GLOBAL 499 | Ad Hoc: (subtitle) | 1-6 |
| GLOBAL 541 | Cross-Cultural Management | 3 |
| HIST 180 | Latin American Society and Culture | 3 |
| HIST 200 | Historical Roots of Contemporary Issues: (Cuba Under Castro) | 3 |
| HIST 210 | The Twentieth Century: A Global History | 3 |
| HIST 236 | Britain Since 1688: Rise and Decline of a Great Power | 3 |
| HIST 242 | Women and Gender in Europe: 1750 to the Present (if not selected as one of the introductory courses) | 3 |
| HIST 248 | The First World War | 3 |
| HIST 249 | The Second World War in Europe | 3 |
| HIST 282 | The Modern Middle East in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (if not selected as one of the introductory courses) | 3 |
| HIST 286 | The Korean War | 3 |
| HIST 287 | The Vietnam War | 3 |
| HIST 290 | Topics in Global History: | 3 |
| HIST 341 | Imperial Russia | 3 |
| HIST 343 | Russia Since 1917 | 3 |
| HIST 348 | Poland and Its Neighbors, 1945 to the Present | 3 |
| HIST 363 | Germany: Hitler and the Nazi Dictatorship | 3 |
| HIST 364 | The Holocaust: Anti-Semitism & the Fate of Jewish People in Europe, 1933-45 | 3 |
| HIST 372 | Topics in Global History: | 3 |
| HIST 377 | Modern China | 3 |
| HIST 378 | Revolution in China | 3 |
| HIST 386 | Africans in World History: Communities, Cultures, and Ideas | 3 |
| HIST 387 | Colonization in Africa: A History of Resistance and Adaptation | 3 |
| HIST 392 | The History of Southern Africa | 3 |
| HIST 393 | History of Mexico | 3 |
| HIST 394 | History of Japan to 1600 | 3 |
| HIST 395 | History of Japan Since 1600 | 3 |
| HIST 400 | Topics in Latin American and Caribbean History: | 3 |
| HIST 401 | Topics in Middle Eastern History: | 3 |
| HIST 402 | Topics in Asian History: | 3 |
| HIST 434 | The United States as a World Power in the 20th Century | 3 |
| HONORS 200 | Honors Seminar: The Shaping of the Modern Mind: | 3 |
| INTLST 260 | Introduction to International Careers | 2 |
| INTLST 450 | Internship in International Studies | 2-6 |
| INTLST 699 | Independent Study | 1-6 |
| ITALIAN 245 | Italy and Its Global Fictions: (subtitle) | 3 |
| ITALIAN 256 | Introduction to Italian Food Studies: A Cultural History | 3 |
| ITALIAN 312 | Contemporary Italian Language and Culture | 3 |
| ITALIAN 321 | Introduction to Italian Literature | 3 |
| ITALIAN 322 | Introduction to Italian Literature and Film | 3 |
| ITALIAN 457 | Topics in Italian Literature and Culture in Translation: | 3 |
| JAPAN 110 | Japanese Popular Culture | 3 |
| JAPAN 200 | Japanese Culture and Its Effect on Language | 3 |
| JAPAN 321 | Analyzing Hollywood-Japan Film Remakes | 3 |
| JAPAN 331 | Reading Japanese Short Stories | 3 |
| JAPAN 441 | Business Japanese I | 3 |
| JAPAN 351 | Japanese Performance Traditions | 3 |
| JAPAN 355 | Seminar in Japanese Literature and Culture: | 3 |
| JEWISH 328 | The Arab-Israeli Conflict | 3 |
| JEWISH 358 | The Jews of Modern Europe: History and Culture | 3 |
| JEWISH 421 | Introduction to Yiddish Literature: | 3 |
| LACS 101 | Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Studies | 3 |
| LACUSL 300 | Advanced Topics in Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latinx Studies: (Latino, Latin American, and Caribbean Cities) | 3 |
| NURS 301 | Introduction to Global Health | 3 |
| PEACEST 203 | Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies | 3 |
| PHILOS 204 | Introduction to Asian Religions | 3 |
| PHILOS 237 | Technology, Values, and Society | 3 |
| POLISH 236 | Polish Culture in its Historical Setting | 3 |
| POL SCI 300 | Western European Politics | 3 |
| POL SCI 310 | Russian and Post-Soviet Politics | 3 |
| POL SCI 312 | The Politics of Authoritarian Regimes | 3 |
| POL SCI 316 | International Law | 3 |
| POL SCI 320 | Politics of Developing Countries | 3 |
| POL SCI 325 | Latin American Politics | 3 |
| POL SCI 330 | The Politics of International Economic Relations | 3 |
| POL SCI 333 | Seminar in Comparative Politics: | 3 |
| POL SCI 335 | Comparative Political Systems | 3 |
| POL SCI 337 | International Organization and the United Nations | 3 |
| POL SCI 338 | Seminar in International Relations: | 3 |
| POL SCI 339 | European Integration | 3 |
| POL SCI 340 | Politics of Nuclear Weapons | 3 |
| POL SCI 343 | Asian International Relations | 3 |
| POL SCI 345 | Korean Politics and Foreign Policy | 3 |
| POL SCI 355 | The Politics of Economic Inequality | 3 |
| POL SCI 359 | Problems of American Foreign Policy | 3 |
| POL SCI 361 | History of International Political Thought | 3 |
| POL SCI 365 | Theories and Methods in International Politics | 3 |
| POL SCI 370 | International Conflict | 3 |
| POL SCI 371 | Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict | 3 |
| POL SCI 374 | Health, Wealth, and Democracy | 3 |
| POL SCI 377 | Elections in the Modern World | 3 |
| POL SCI 379 | Morality, Conflict and War | 3 |
| POL SCI 381 | The Development of Western Political Thought | 3 |
| POL SCI 382 | Modern Political Thought | 3 |
| POL SCI 391 | Current Crises and Events in International Relations | 3 |
| POL SCI 423 | Conduct of American Foreign Affairs | 3 |
| PORTUGS 225 | Understanding Brazil: | 3 |
| PORTUGS 299 | Ad Hoc: | 1-6 |
| PORTUGS 360 | Luso-Brazilian Culture: | 3 |
| PORTUGS 499 | Ad Hoc: (Understanding Portuguese-Speaking Africa) | 3 |
| RUSSIAN 245 | Russian Life and Culture | 3 |
| RUSSIAN 350 | Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy in Translation: Major Works | 3 |
| RUSSIAN 391 | Russian Literature and Culture in Translation: | 3 |
| SOCIOL 324 | Race and Ethnicity in Global Contexts | 3 |
| SOCIOL 325 | Social Change | 3 |
| SOCIOL 331 | Sociology of Health Care | 3 |
| SOCIOL 350 | Environmental Sociology | 3 |
| SOCIOL 377 | Urbanism and Urbanization | 3 |
| SOCIOL 495 | Seminar in Sociology: (International Urban Sociology) | 3 |
| SPANISH 225 | Understanding the Hispanic World: (subtitle) | 3 |
| SPANISH 332 | Using Spanish in the Business World | 3 |
| SPANISH 342 | Business and Legal Spanish | 3 |
| SPANISH 350 | Introduction to Literary Analysis | 3 |
| SPANISH 371 | Introduction to Latino Literature in English | 3 |
| SPANISH 391 | Social and Historical Issues in the Hispanic World: | 3 |
| SPANISH 470 | Survey of Hispanic Literature and Civilization | 3 |
| SPANISH 472 | Survey of Spanish-American Literature and Civilization | 3 |
| SPANISH 474 | Survey of Spanish Literature and Civilization | 3 |
| SPANISH 491 | Topics in Hispanic Culture: | 3 |
| SPANISH 506 | Seminar in Spanish Literature: | 3 |
| SPANISH 507 | Seminar in Spanish-American Literature: | 3 |
| SPANISH 570 | Seminar in Spanish Golden Age Literature: | 3 |
| URBPLAN 315 | Great Cities of the World: Their Growth and Guided Urbanization | 3 |
| URBPLAN 684 | Planning Local Economic Development | 3 |
| WGS 500 | Advanced Social Science Seminar in Women's and Gender Studies: (Gender in Asia) | 3 |