Featured Guests Include
Zainab Bangura
Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict |
Akila Radhakrishnan
Senior counsel and legal director at the Global Justice Center (GJC) |
Helen Stacy
Senior Fellow, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at Stanford University (emeritus) |
Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg
Founder of Akili Dada; Director, African Women in Agricultural Research and Development |
Syllabus
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Introduction
Welcome to the course How an online course works Week 1. Human Rights Women’s rights = Human rights Son preference and demography Week 2. Education Education as the 'magic' intervention Learning vs. schooling Week 3: Adolescence & Vulnerability Female genital cutting/mutilation Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS Week 4: Reproductive Health and Rights Early marriage and early childbirth Reproductive health, sexuality, maternity, contraception |
Week 5: Violence in the Home and Community
Domestic violence, rape within the family and community, honor killings and dowry death Week 6: Women in War and Refugee Situations The nature of current wars, forced migration, rape as a weapon of war, natural disasters Week 7: Women's Quest to Escape Poverty Access to money and work, globalization and its effects on women’s work, sex trafficking and sex work Week 8: Aging and the End of Life Aging, demography, social exclusion and loss, women as caregivers Conclusion Reflecting back on this experience Choosing priorities and making a difference |
[Open EdX Users] Download the schedule for August 2016 |
[Coursera Users] |
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You can download the schedule for the class here: August Schedule 2016 (PDF).
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The course is online and accessible for you at any time. The material is offered at your own pace. [Link]
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