International Women's Health and Human Rights
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International Women's Health and Human Rights
Instructor: Anne Firth Murray
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Skills you'll gain
- Health Education
- Gynecology
- Family Planning
- Community Health
- Community Development
- Child Welfare
- Health Disparities
- Community Outreach
- Maternal Health
- Social and Human Services
- Student Engagement
- Obstetrics And Gynecology
- Child Health
- Social Work
- Gerontology
- Socioeconomics
- Health Equity
- Social Determinants Of Health
- Community Organizing
- Social Justice
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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 Your Learning: Female Genital Mutilation•30 minutes
- Check-in on FGM•2 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
- HIV/AIDS•30 minutes
- Check Your Learning: (Practice Quiz) 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
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
- Engage Your Community - Assignment #1•10 minutes
- (optional) Add to Your Portfolio•10 minutes
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
- Engage Your Community #1•60 minutes
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
- Check Your Learning: Women in War and Refugee Settings•30 minutes
- Optional Reading Quiz•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
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
- Engage Your Community - Assignment #2•10 minutes
- (optional) Add to Your Portfolio•10 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
- Engage Your Community - Assignment #2•120 minutes
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 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.
Reviewed on Jun 23, 2020
Its a highly informative and amazing reading journey with mesmerizing literature. It will surely make one question a lot of issues and thematic area in Women's Rights and Health Issues.
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Because we believe that what we do is important but that the way we do it is more important, we attempt to teach and learn according to a set of principles that will guide the content and processes of the course. These are: compassion, mutual learning, respect, transparency, trust, and truth.
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Access to the Internet. A stable internet connection will also be useful, as much of the other content, including video interviews and lectures will be delivered online.
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