Welcome to Week 1! Your Experience Begins

Welcome to the first week of the January 2016 session of International Women's Health and Human Rights. You are joining a global community of learners, practitioners and activists committed to engaging with these critical issues.

Start Your Week
When you're ready to access course materials, visit the Stanford online dashboard (https://lagunita.stanford.edu/dashboard) and click on “View Course”. Additional weeks will be released according to the syllabus. We will cover: Education. HIV/AIDS. Reproductive Health and Rights. Women in War and Refugee Situations—and more!

Get Connected to our Community

1. Like the official Facebook Page for IWHHR, and get updates on the course and current events
2. Visit our SetSail forum (setsail.io) and introduce yourself to your classmates. When you register, make sure your registration isn't caught in the e-mail spam folder.
3. Sign up for a video Talkabout Session and discuss the course with your classmates LIVE! We have three sessions available this weekend.

Visit the Interact page of our website to learn more about these opportunities and more!

Invite a Learning Companion
We urge you to invite your friends and colleagues to join you in this journey and meet to discuss the ideas presented here. Students report that this greatly enhances their educational experience! Invite them to visit internationalwomenshealth.org and sign up with you!

Talk to Us
As you make your way through the eight weeks of the course, please let us know how we can make things clearer or easier for you by connecting with us on the setsail.io forum. There is a section specifically related to questions about the course.

We look forward to hearing from you as we explore together the vast field of international women's health and human rights.

Sincerely,

Anne Firth Murray
Consulting Professor, Stanford University
Founding President, The Global Fund for Women

Kevin Hsu
Director of Design, International Women's Health and Human Rights (MOOC)
Founder, Skyship Design

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