International Women’s Health and Human Rights course
The course addresses the necessity of the women rights movement and covers the various health issues faced by women around the world.
Beginner
Online
14 Weeks
Free Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Course Overview
Coursera International Women’s Health and Human Rights course is developed to address the growing need for the acknowledgement of issues related to women’s health and women’s rights. It takes into account the positive and actionable interventions for the same.
The International Women’s Health and Human Rights programme by Coursera strives to stir awareness about women rights issues among its learners. You will learn through the medium of interactive discussions amongst participants. Also, given the need to spread the word as far and wide as possible, all the course elements are free of cost, if you wish to participate but don't need a certificate.
Upon satisfactory completion of the International Women’s Health and Human Rights online programme, you will be awarded a course completion certificate. It is awarded by Coursera and the partner university, which you will be able to view on your Coursera Accomplishment page. You can also share the certificate directly on your LinkedIn profile, or attach it to your resume.
The Highlights
- Approximately 56 hours to complete
- Flexible deadlines
- Online learning
- Self-paced training
- Beginner level
- Free enrolment
- Real-life career benefits
- Shareable certificate
Programme Offerings
- Practice Exercises
- Pre-recorded Video Lectures
- Flexible Deadlines
- English Subtitles
- video transcript
- Shareable Certificate
- Online Course
- Course Audit
- self-directed training.
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 2480 | yes | Coursera |
International Women’s Health and Human Rights fee structure :
Course Name | Fee |
Self-paced course | Rs. 2,480 |
Eligibility Criteria
As the International Women’s Health and Human Rights online course is a beginner level study, there are no prerequisites to enrol. Anyone with an inclination and willingness to learn about social justice and health is encouraged to apply.
To earn the course completion certificate, you will have to complete all the practice exercises with the minimum required percentage along with the “Engage your community” special assignments. Also, you have to attend all the pre-recorded lectures and go through all the reading material. Upon successful completion of the elements as mentioned above, you will be eligible for the course completion certificate.
What you will learn
After completing the International Women’s Health and Human Rights online course, you will have fundamental knowledge regarding:
- The essential elements of women’s rights and viewing the issues related to women rights through the lens of human rights
- The global picture of women’s education
- The health issues they face during childhood and adolescence like female genital mutilation and HIV/AIDS
- Women’s reproductive health
- Systemic violence against women at homes and in society
- Ways women have adopted to escape their Poverty
- The effect of ageing on women
Who it is for
Admission Details
To enrol for the Coursera International Women’s Health and Human Rights programme, follow these steps:
- Open the official website of Coursera.
- Login using your Coursera credentials, or your Google, Facebook, or Apple account.
- Search for the “International Women’s Health and Human Rights” course in Coursera’s course catalogue.
- Upon landing, you’ll find the “Enroll for free” option, click on it.
- A pop-up appears with two options, “Purchase course” and “Audit only”. Choose the one that meets your preference.
Application Details
Coursera does not require you to fill a separate application form for the International Women’s Health and Human Rights training course. Just log in to your Coursera account using the right credentials and you’re good to go.
The Syllabus
Video
- Welcome to the Course
Readings
- Welcome!
- Who we are
- Our Textbook
- Assignments
- Complete a brief pre-course survey
- What resources are available to you?
- Visit internationalwomenshealth.org
- Sharing your work
- Create a local group
Assignment
- Complete the survey
Videos
- Why do we take a human rights lens?
- Akila Radhakrishnan on Women & Human Rights
- Helen Stacy on Women's Health, Human Rights, and International Law
- Son Preference & Demography
- Son Preference Conclusion
- Week 1 Final Remarks
Readings
- About this Module
- Women's Health, Poverty and Rights [Textbook]
- About Akila Radhakrishnan
- About Helen Stacy
- (optional) Additional Resources
- WHO: Women and Health - Today's Evidence, Tomorrow's Agenda
- [Optional] We Women Worry a Lot about our Husbands (Ghana)
- A Deadly Preference
Assignments
- Check Your Learning: Women's Rights = Human Rights
- Check Your Learning: A Deadly Preference
Peer Review
Discussion Prompts
- What are my initial thoughts on these topics?
- CEDAW in your Country
- Reflect and Respond
Videos
- Introduction to Education
- Lynn Murphy on "Learning vs. Schooling"
- Professor Wu Qing from China
- Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg from Kenya
- Week 2 Final Remarks
Readings
- About this Module
- Chapter 3. Childhood: the Hope of Education and the Persistence of Discrimination
- (optional) Additional Resources
- New Lessons: the Power of Educating Adolescent Girls1
- (optional) Additional Resources on Girls' Education
- What Works in Girls’ Education
- About Lynn Murphy
- About Wu Qing
- About Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg
- (optional) Add to Your Portfolio
Assignment
- Check Your Learning: Education
Peer Review
- Thought Question: Education
Videos
- Female Genital Mutilation
- UNICEF: Speaking out on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
- Isha Daramy on FGM in Sierra Leone
- UNICEF: FGM in Côte d'Ivoire
Readings
- Into a New World: Young Women's Sexual and Reproductive Lives
- About this Module
- A Violent Practice: Female Genital Mutilation [Textbook]
- World Health Organization
- UNICEF
- (optional) UNICEF Data
- Female Genital Mutilation: Guide to Laws and Policies
- Introduction to FGM in Sierra Leone
- [Optional] Cultural Perspective on FGM
- (optional) Add to Your Portfolio
Assignments
- Check Your Learning: Female Genital Mutilation
- Check-in on FGM
Peer Review
- Thought Question on Female Genital Mutilation
Videos
- Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS
- Dr. Gene Richardson on Gender & HIV/AIDS
- Why South Africa?
- What is 'structural violence'?
- Changing Paradigms
- About TeachAIDS
- TeachAIDS India
- Orphans in Africa
Readings
- About this Module
- Adolescence, Change & Vulnerability [Textbook]
- Women, Poverty, and AIDS
- Women Are Not Just Transmitters
- About Dr. Gene Richardson (Stanford)
- (optional) Additional Resources
- About TeachAIDS
- About G.R.A.C.E
- (optional) Additional Resources
- About this Quiz
- (optional) Add to Your Portfolio
Assignments
- Check Your Learning: (Practice Quiz) HIV/AIDS
- HIV/AIDS
Peer Review
- Thought Question: Structural Violence, HIV/AIDS
Videos
- Introduction to Reproductive Health
- Dr. Caitilin Gerdts on Reproductive Health
- Unwanted Pregnancy, Contraception, and Abortion
- Safe abortion in Nepal - a success story
- Why Did Mrs. X Die?, Retold
- Final Remarks on Sexual Health
Readings
- About this Module
- Why Child Marriage Persists
- Adolescent Pregnancy and Its Outcomes Across Countries
- About Dr. Caitlin Gerdts (UCSF)
- The Maternity Death Road: Reproductive and Sexual Health [Textbook]
- Spiraling Discourses of Reproductive and Sexual Rights
- Activism for Sexual and Reproductive Rights
- Advancing women's reproductive and sexual health rights: Using the International Human Rights system
- (optional) Additional Resources
- About Ipas
- Outcomes in Nepal
- READINGS ON CERVICAL CANCER & HPV
- Lesbians, Health and Human Rights
- The Maternity Death Road
- (optional) "Birth of a Surgeon" documentary film (Mozambique)
- (optional) Add to Your Portfolio
Assignment
- Check Your Learning: Reproductive Health
Peer Review
- Thought Question: Reproductive Health
Discussion Prompts
- Responsibility for Pregnancy
- Reflect & Respond
- Reflect & Respond
Readings
- Engage Your Community - Assignment #1
- (optional) Add to Your Portfolio
Peer Review
- Engage Your Community #1
Videos
- Violence Against Women
- Jacqueline Pitanguy on Violence Against Women
- From Fear to Freedom
Readings
- About this Module
- "Violence against Women: Abuse or Terrorism?" [Textbook]
- WHO: Intimate partner and sexual violence against women
- (optional) Additional Resources10mAbout Jacqueline Pitanguy (Brazil)
- WHO: Going in Depth
- (Optional) Reflections on Violence, Subordination & Sexual Control (India)
- About the Film
- (Optional) Survey
- About the Women's Learning Partnership
- Impacts on Empowerment (Mexico)
- An Obstacle to Development (Global)
- WHO: Primary prevention strategies
- Ending Violence Against Women
- Conclusion
- (optional) Add to Your Portfolio
Assignment
- Check Your Learning: Violence Against Women
Peer Review
- Thought Question: Violence Against Women in the Home & Community
Discussion Prompt
- Reflect & Respond
Videos
- War & Refugee Settings
- LGBTI Refugees
- LGBIT Refugees (bonus)
- Zainab Bangura
- Marjan Sax on Refugees in Europe
- Final Remarks on Women in War and Refugee Settings
Readings
- About this Module
- Women Caught in Conflict and Refugee Situations [Textbook]
- Defining "What is a refugee?"
- Female refugees
- (optional) Additional Resources on "Rape as a Weapon of War"
- About Tiela Chalmers
- War and the Health of Women
- Forced Evictions in Situations of Armed Conflict (Middle East)
- Women, Violence and War (Balkans)
- About UN Special Representative Zainab Bangura
- (optional) Additional Resources
- About Marjan Sax
- About the Series "Women, War, and Peace" (2011)
- (optional) Film: "Pray the Devil Back to Hell"
- (optional) Add to Your Portfolio
Assignments
- Optional Reading Quiz
- Check Your Learning: Women in War and Refugee Settings
Peer Review
- Thought Question: Women in War & Refugee Settings
Discussion Prompt
- Reflect & Respond
Videos
- Women in Poverty
- Violeta Krasnic on Women and Work
- The Global Gender Gap
- Violeta's Comments on the Video
Readings
- About this Module
- Laboring in a Globalized World
- UN WOMEN: Facts & Figures on Economic Empowerment
- (optional) Additional Resources
- About Violeta Krasnic
- The Global Gender Gap
- UN WOMEN: Decent Work and Women's Economic Empowerment
- UNDP: "Valuing Women's Work"
- UN Special Rapporteur: Unpaid Care Work and Women's Human Rights
- (optional) Add to Your Portfolio
Assignment
- Check Your Learning: Women's Work and Economic Empowerment
Peer Review
- Thought Question: Women's Quest to Escape Poverty - Work & Economic Empowerment
Discussion Prompts
- Reflect & Respond
- Policy Frameworks for Gender Equality
Videos
- Introduction to Sex Work and Sex Trafficking
- Katherine Jolluck on Human Trafficking
- Voluntary & Involuntary Sex Work
Readings
- About this Module
- Sex Work and Sex Trafficking
- About Katherine Jolluck
- Trading women into sex and slavery
- International Trafficking in Women in the United States
- Women in the Sex Trade in Calcutta (India)
- (optional) Add to Your Portfolio
Assignments
- Trading women into sex and slavery
- International Trafficking in Women in the United States
- Women in the Sex Trade in Calcutta (India)
- Check Your Learning: Sex Work and Sex Trafficking
Peer Review
- Thought Question: Women's Quest to Escape Poverty - Sex Work & Sex Trafficking
Videos
- Introduction to Women Aging
- Dr. Carol Hutner Winograd on Aging and Demographic Change
- Final Remarks
Readings
- About this Module
- Aging in a Man's World [Textbook]
- UN WOMEN: Between Gender & Aging
- About Dr. Carol Hutner Winograd (Stanford)
- (optional) Additional Resources
- Aging in a Gendered World & Special Problems in Developing Countries
- Who Cares for the Caregivers?
- Dying and Death
- Grandmother Power
- (optional) Add to Your Portfolio
Assignments
- Aging in a Gendered World & Special Problems in Developing Countries
- Who cares for the caregivers?
- Check Your Learning: Women, Aging and End of Life
Peer Review
- Thought Question: Women, Aging and End of Life
Readings
- Engage Your Community - Assignment #2
- (optional) Add to Your Portfolio
Peer Review
- Engage Your Community - Assignment #2
Videos
- Women's Rights - Looking Back, Looking Ahead
- Dr. Iman Bibars (Egypt)
- Ana María Enríquez (Colombia)
- Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro (Kenya)
- Anne Firth Murray (New Zealand)
Readings
- About this Module
- About Dr. Iman Bibars (Egypt)
- Turning the World Right-side Up [Textbook]
- About Ana María Enríquez (Colombia)
- How to Proceed from Concept to Action
- About Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro (Kenya)
- Women's Political Action (India)
- About Anne Firth Murray
- (optional) Add to Your Portfolio
- Post-Course Survey
- Our alumni community: internationalwomenshealth.org
Assignment
Peer Review
- Thought Question: Choosing Priorities, Making a Difference
Instructors
Stanford Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
Coursera provides the International Women’s Health and Human Rights online training course in collaboration with the renowned Stanford University.
There are no system requirements to attend the International Women’s Health and Human Rights online course. Only an internet connection to stream the videos and download the reading material is required.
The International Women’s Health and Human Rights online training course has flexible deadlines that can be scheduled as per the convenience of the student.
The duration of the course is ten weeks and it can be completed in nearly 56 hours.