International Women's Health and Human Rights

Instructor: Anne Firth Murray

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14 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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No prior experience required

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7 weeks at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

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There are 14 modules in this course

This course focuses on women’s health and human rights issues from infancy through old age, including information about positive interventions relating to those issues. Learners are encouraged to interact with each other through interactive discussions.

It is important to us that this course be available to all learners. We encourage you to apply for Coursera's financial aid (see link to left) if the cost of the course certificate is difficult for you to afford. Please note that you may view all materials in this course, and participate in it, without purchasing a certificate. The course was co-created by Consulting Professor Anne Firth Murray and Kevin Hsu. Anne Firth Murray is the Content Director of the course; Kevin Hsu is the Design Director of the course.

What's included

1 video9 readings1 assignment

1 video Total 12 minutes

Welcome to the Course 12 minutes

9 readings Total 90 minutes

Welcome! 10 minutes
Who we are 10 minutes
Our Textbook 10 minutes
Assignments 10 minutes
Complete a brief pre-course survey 10 minutes
What resources are available to you? 10 minutes
Visit internationalwomenshealth.org 10 minutes
Sharing your work 10 minutes
Create a local group 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 30 minutes

Complete the survey 30 minutes

Learning the basics of women's rights and human rights. Why do we use the lens of human rights to examine women's issues?

What's included

6 videos8 readings2 assignments1 peer review3 discussion prompts

6 videos Total 66 minutes

Why do we take a human rights lens? 5 minutes
Akila Radhakrishnan on Women & Human Rights 19 minutes
Helen Stacy on Women's Health, Human Rights, and International Law 38 minutes
Son Preference & Demography 4 minutes
Son Preference Conclusion 0 minutes
Week 1 Final Remarks 0 minutes

8 readings Total 80 minutes

About this Module 10 minutes
Women's Health, Poverty and Rights [Textbook] 10 minutes
About Akila Radhakrishnan 10 minutes
About Helen Stacy 10 minutes
(optional) Additional Resources 10 minutes
WHO: Women and Health - Today's Evidence, Tomorrow's Agenda 10 minutes
[Optional] We Women Worry a Lot about our Husbands (Ghana) 10 minutes
A Deadly Preference 10 minutes

2 assignments Total 60 minutes

Check Your Learning: Women's Rights = Human Rights 30 minutes
Check Your Learning: A Deadly Preference 30 minutes

1 peer review Total 60 minutes

Thought Question on Women's Rights and Human Rights 60 minutes

3 discussion prompts Total 30 minutes

What are my initial thoughts on these topics? 10 minutes
CEDAW in your Country 10 minutes
Reflect and Respond 10 minutes

What's included

5 videos10 readings1 assignment1 peer review

5 videos Total 62 minutes

Introduction to Education 3 minutes
Lynn Murphy on "Learning vs. Schooling" 33 minutes
Professor Wu Qing from China 8 minutes
Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg from Kenya 18 minutes
Week 2 Final Remarks 0 minutes

10 readings Total 100 minutes

About this Module 10 minutes
Chapter 3. Childhood: the Hope of Education and the Persistence of Discrimination 10 minutes
(optional) Additional Resources 10 minutes
New Lessons: the Power of Educating Adolescent Girls 10 minutes
(optional) Additional Resources on Girls' Education 10 minutes
What Works in Girls’ Education 10 minutes
About Lynn Murphy 10 minutes
About Wu Qing 10 minutes
About Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg 10 minutes
(optional) Add to Your Portfolio 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 30 minutes

Check Your Learning: Education 30 minutes

1 peer review Total 120 minutes

Thought Question: Education 120 minutes

What's included

4 videos10 readings2 assignments1 peer review

4 videos Total 36 minutes

Female Genital Mutilation 4 minutes
UNICEF: Speaking out on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting 3 minutes
Isha Daramy on FGM in Sierra Leone 23 minutes
UNICEF: FGM in Côte d'Ivoire 5 minutes

10 readings Total 100 minutes

Into a New World: Young Women's Sexual and Reproductive Lives 10 minutes
About this Module 10 minutes
A Violent Practice: Female Genital Mutilation [Textbook] 10 minutes
World Health Organization 10 minutes
UNICEF 10 minutes
(optional) UNICEF Data 10 minutes
Female Genital Mutilation: Guide to Laws and Policies 10 minutes
Introduction to FGM in Sierra Leone 10 minutes
[Optional] Cultural Perspective on FGM 10 minutes
(optional) Add to Your Portfolio 10 minutes

2 assignments Total 32 minutes

Check-in on FGM 2 minutes
Check Your Learning: Female Genital Mutilation 30 minutes

1 peer review Total 120 minutes

Thought Question on Female Genital Mutilation 120 minutes

What's included

8 videos11 readings2 assignments1 peer review

8 videos Total 62 minutes

Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS 5 minutes
Dr. Gene Richardson on Gender & HIV/AIDS 12 minutes
Why South Africa? 5 minutes
What is 'structural violence'? 4 minutes
Changing Paradigms 5 minutes
About TeachAIDS 2 minutes
TeachAIDS India 23 minutes
Orphans in Africa 6 minutes

11 readings Total 110 minutes

About this Module 10 minutes
Adolescence, Change & Vulnerability [Textbook] 10 minutes
Women, Poverty, and AIDS 10 minutes
Women Are Not Just Transmitters 10 minutes
About Dr. Gene Richardson (Stanford) 10 minutes
(optional) Additional Resources 10 minutes
About TeachAIDS 10 minutes
About G.R.A.C.E 10 minutes
(optional) Additional Resources 10 minutes
About this Quiz 10 minutes
(optional) Add to Your Portfolio 10 minutes

2 assignments Total 60 minutes

Check Your Learning: (Practice Quiz) HIV/AIDS 30 minutes
HIV/AIDS 30 minutes

1 peer review Total 120 minutes

Thought Question: Structural Violence, HIV/AIDS 120 minutes

What's included

6 videos16 readings1 assignment1 peer review3 discussion prompts

6 videos Total 56 minutes

Introduction to Reproductive Health 4 minutes
Dr. Caitilin Gerdts on Reproductive Health 3 minutes
Unwanted Pregnancy, Contraception, and Abortion 26 minutes
Safe abortion in Nepal - a success story 8 minutes
Why Did Mrs. X Die?, Retold 15 minutes
Final Remarks on Sexual Health 1 minute

16 readings Total 160 minutes

About this Module 10 minutes
Why Child Marriage Persists 10 minutes
Adolescent Pregnancy and Its Outcomes Across Countries 10 minutes
About Dr. Caitlin Gerdts (UCSF) 10 minutes
The Maternity Death Road: Reproductive and Sexual Health [Textbook] 10 minutes
Spiraling Discourses of Reproductive and Sexual Rights 10 minutes
Activism for Sexual and Reproductive Rights 10 minutes
Advancing women's reproductive and sexual health rights: Using the International Human Rights system 10 minutes
(optional) Additional Resources 10 minutes
About Ipas 10 minutes
Outcomes in Nepal 10 minutes
READINGS ON CERVICAL CANCER & HPV 10 minutes
Lesbians, Health and Human Rights 10 minutes
The Maternity Death Road 10 minutes
(optional) "Birth of a Surgeon" documentary film (Mozambique) 10 minutes
(optional) Add to Your Portfolio 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 30 minutes

Check Your Learning: Reproductive Health 30 minutes

1 peer review Total 120 minutes

Thought Question: Reproductive Health 120 minutes

3 discussion prompts Total 30 minutes

Responsibility for Pregnancy 10 minutes
Reflect & Respond 10 minutes
Reflect & Respond 10 minutes

One of two special assignments that will take you out to interact with members of your community

What's included

2 readings1 peer review

What's included

3 videos16 readings1 assignment1 peer review1 discussion prompt

3 videos Total 62 minutes

Violence Against Women 5 minutes
Jacqueline Pitanguy on Violence Against Women 16 minutes
From Fear to Freedom 41 minutes

16 readings Total 160 minutes

About this Module 10 minutes
"Violence against Women: Abuse or Terrorism?" [Textbook] 10 minutes
WHO: Intimate partner and sexual violence against women 10 minutes
(optional) Additional Resources 10 minutes
About Jacqueline Pitanguy (Brazil) 10 minutes
WHO: Going in Depth 10 minutes
(Optional) Reflections on Violence, Subordination & Sexual Control (India) 10 minutes
About the Film 10 minutes
(Optional) Survey 10 minutes
About the Women's Learning Partnership 10 minutes
Impacts on Empowerment (Mexico) 10 minutes
An Obstacle to Development (Global) 10 minutes
WHO: Primary prevention strategies 10 minutes
Ending Violence Against Women 10 minutes
Conclusion 10 minutes
(optional) Add to Your Portfolio 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 30 minutes

Check Your Learning: Violence Against Women 30 minutes

1 peer review Total 120 minutes

Thought Question: Violence Against Women in the Home & Community 120 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

Reflect & Respond 10 minutes

What's included

6 videos15 readings2 assignments1 peer review1 discussion prompt

6 videos Total 78 minutes

War & Refugee Settings 6 minutes
LGBTI Refugees 17 minutes
LGBIT Refugees (bonus) 19 minutes
Zainab Bangura 27 minutes
Marjan Sax on Refugees in Europe 9 minutes
Final Remarks on Women in War and Refugee Settings 1 minute

15 readings Total 150 minutes

About this Module 10 minutes
Women Caught in Conflict and Refugee Situations [Textbook] 10 minutes
Defining "What is a refugee?" 10 minutes
Female refugees 10 minutes
(optional) Additional Resources on "Rape as a Weapon of War" 10 minutes
About Tiela Chalmers 10 minutes
War and the Health of Women 10 minutes
Forced Evictions in Situations of Armed Conflict (Middle East) 10 minutes
Women, Violence and War (Balkans) 10 minutes
About UN Special Representative Zainab Bangura 10 minutes
(optional) Additional Resources 10 minutes
About Marjan Sax 10 minutes
About the Series "Women, War, and Peace" (2011) 10 minutes
(optional) Film: "Pray the Devil Back to Hell" 10 minutes
(optional) Add to Your Portfolio 10 minutes

2 assignments Total 60 minutes

Optional Reading Quiz 30 minutes
Check Your Learning: Women in War and Refugee Settings 30 minutes

1 peer review Total 120 minutes

Thought Question: Women in War & Refugee Settings 120 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

Reflect & Respond 10 minutes

What's included

4 videos10 readings1 assignment1 peer review2 discussion prompts

4 videos Total 20 minutes

Women in Poverty 4 minutes
Violeta Krasnic on Women and Work 12 minutes
The Global Gender Gap 2 minutes
Violeta's Comments on the Video 2 minutes

10 readings Total 100 minutes

About this Module 10 minutes
Laboring in a Globalized World 10 minutes
UN WOMEN: Facts & Figures on Economic Empowerment 10 minutes
(optional) Additional Resources 10 minutes
About Violeta Krasnic 10 minutes
The Global Gender Gap 10 minutes
UN WOMEN: Decent Work and Women's Economic Empowerment 10 minutes
UNDP: "Valuing Women's Work" 10 minutes
UN Special Rapporteur: Unpaid Care Work and Women's Human Rights 10 minutes
(optional) Add to Your Portfolio 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 12 minutes

Check Your Learning: Women's Work and Economic Empowerment 12 minutes

1 peer review Total 120 minutes

Thought Question: Women's Quest to Escape Poverty - Work & Economic Empowerment 120 minutes

2 discussion prompts Total 20 minutes

Reflect & Respond 10 minutes
Policy Frameworks for Gender Equality 10 minutes

What's included

3 videos7 readings4 assignments1 peer review

3 videos Total 33 minutes

Introduction to Sex Work and Sex Trafficking 3 minutes
Katherine Jolluck on Human Trafficking 28 minutes
Voluntary & Involuntary Sex Work 2 minutes

7 readings Total 70 minutes

About this Module 10 minutes
Sex Work and Sex Trafficking 10 minutes
About Katherine Jolluck 10 minutes
Trading women into sex and slavery 10 minutes
International Trafficking in Women in the United States 10 minutes
Women in the Sex Trade in Calcutta (India) 10 minutes
(optional) Add to Your Portfolio 10 minutes

4 assignments Total 120 minutes

Trading women into sex and slavery 30 minutes
International Trafficking in Women in the United States 30 minutes
Women in the Sex Trade in Calcutta (India) 30 minutes
Check Your Learning: Sex Work and Sex Trafficking 30 minutes

1 peer review Total 120 minutes

Thought Question: Women's Quest to Escape Poverty - Sex Work & Sex Trafficking 120 minutes

What's included

3 videos10 readings3 assignments1 peer review

3 videos Total 44 minutes

Introduction to Women Aging 5 minutes
Dr. Carol Hutner Winograd on Aging and Demographic Change 37 minutes
Final Remarks 1 minute

10 readings Total 100 minutes

About this Module 10 minutes
Aging in a Man's World [Textbook] 10 minutes
UN WOMEN: Between Gender & Aging 10 minutes
About Dr. Carol Hutner Winograd (Stanford) 10 minutes
(optional) Additional Resources 10 minutes
Aging in a Gendered World & Special Problems in Developing Countries 10 minutes
Who Cares for the Caregivers? 10 minutes
Dying and Death 10 minutes
Grandmother Power 10 minutes
(optional) Add to Your Portfolio 10 minutes

3 assignments Total 62 minutes

Aging in a Gendered World & Special Problems in Developing Countries 2 minutes
Who cares for the caregivers? 30 minutes
Check Your Learning: Women, Aging and End of Life 30 minutes

1 peer review Total 120 minutes

Thought Question: Women, Aging and End of Life 120 minutes

Second of two special assignments where you engage with members of your community

What's included

2 readings1 peer review

What's included

5 videos11 readings1 assignment1 peer review

5 videos Total 59 minutes

Women's Rights - Looking Back, Looking Ahead 2 minutes
Dr. Iman Bibars (Egypt) 12 minutes
Ana María Enríquez (Colombia) 13 minutes
Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro (Kenya) 16 minutes
Anne Firth Murray (New Zealand) 17 minutes

11 readings Total 110 minutes

About this Module 10 minutes
About Dr. Iman Bibars (Egypt) 10 minutes
Turning the World Right-side Up [Textbook] 10 minutes
About Ana María Enríquez (Colombia) 10 minutes
How to Proceed from Concept to Action 10 minutes
About Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro (Kenya) 10 minutes
Women's Political Action (India) 10 minutes
About Anne Firth Murray 10 minutes
(optional) Add to Your Portfolio 10 minutes
Post-Course Survey 10 minutes
Our alumni community: internationalwomenshealth.org 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 30 minutes

Check Your Learning: Choosing Priorities, Making a Difference 30 minutes

1 peer review Total 120 minutes

Thought Question: Choosing Priorities, Making a Difference 120 minutes

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Reviewed on Mar 5, 2020

It was a great experience, and I learned more than I hoped for! Very well organized, incredible readings and speakers. I fully recommend this course for anyone who believes in justice.

Reviewed on Oct 12, 2020

You learn more than you’d ever expect to. Each module is detailed and with peer reviews you read first hand experiences of topic learnt in class. Really glad I took this course!!

Reviewed on Aug 19, 2018

This course is amazingly designed to give you integrated knowledge on various factors that influence women's health and plus gives you idea about interventions you can apply to solve those problems.

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