Gender and Int Human Rights

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

This course is designed to introduce students to key issues relating to women and gender in the sphere of international human rights, with attention to gender and conflict, development and aid, Indigenous peoples, sexual orientation and gender identity, labor, detention, and contemporary issues in the U.S. viewed through an international lens. Students will examine varying strains of feminist thought and critique, as well as the ways in which politics, ethnicity, class, culture, and social contexts contribute to current practices and debates pertaining to women and gender. We will read and view a variety of sources, including scholarly, legal, autobiographical, and artistic materials.