DIVERSITY AND PUBLIC POLICIES´s COURSE

Hi there, hope you are doing well and staying safe. As you can see in the title, today I will talk about a postgraduate course that I would like to take.

I have always been very informed about the groups that throughout history have been excluded from decision-making, and, therefore, measures taken at the state level will impact these groups differently in comparison to the hegemonic groups of our society. When I speak of "excluded groups" I am speaking of women, sexual dissidents, indigenous peoples, immigrants, etc., all of them have been (to a greater or lesser extent) left out in the formulation, development and evaluation of public policies. Because of this, I see a need to introduce diverse perspectives within public organizations in order not to reproduce patterns of exclusion and discrimination. All this, I am inclined to the option of taking a course / diploma on "Diversity and Public Policies".

I would like to study subjects such as the history of how public organizations have created a scenario where social groups excluded from public decision-making are structurally marginalized. It would be very useful to have this subject in order to have a clear contextualization regarding the evolution and progress that the state has had on this issue. Another subject that I would like to have would be that of the gender and sexual perspective in public policies. I think this would be essential when I will be working and making decisions so that they are the right ones and do not continue to negatively affect women and people of sexual diversity.

To be honest I would like to study in another country in order to have comparative experiences much closer to what I would receive learning here, in Chile. In this way, I can learn about the marginalization of excluded groups in other countries. However, the idea of studying in Chile doesn't bother me, it's just not what I prefer. In Chile there is also a diploma course taught by the University of Chile called "Diversity and Public Policy".

What I am clear about is that I would like this course to be face-to-face. I do not think of another type of system since the experience of presence (in my opinion) is much better than a distance. Likewise, if I were from Chile, with more reason I would like the course to be face-to-face. 

Now, I hope that one day these courses do not have to exist, and that no one must take them. I hope that one day we will reach a point as a society in which it is substantively egalitarian, and that the groups that I called "excluded" not be more, just for the mere fact of understanding that we are equal. This, consequently, we would all understand that public policies must have a gender and sexual perspective, with a comprehensive view of native peoples and immigrants. However, I think I am being very dreamer, and for this reason, I think it is necessary to take a course like this, so that no one is impacted differently (and most of the time negatively) by public policies just for the fact of belonging to groups that society has violated their rights and discriminated against. This, not like an act of condescension, but an act of humanity and respect for the other.

Alex xx