About 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.
Who is this class for: This course is directed toward undergraduate university students, but high school students and anyone else interested in the health and human rights of women will find it of interest.
Created by: Stanford University
Taught by: Anne Firth Murray
| Level | Beginner |
| Commitment | Depending on your pace, this course can be completed in 8-11 weeks. |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
Syllabus
WEEK 1
Introduction
1 video, 9 readings
Graded: Complete the survey
Women's Rights = Human Rights
Learning the basics of women's rights and human rights. Why do we use the lens of human rights to examine women's issues?
6 videos, 8 readings
Graded: Check Your Learning: Women's Rights = Human Rights
Graded: Check Your Learning: A Deadly Preference
Graded: Thought Question on Women's Rights and Human Rights
WEEK 2
Education
5 videos, 9 readings
Graded: Check Your Learning: Education
Graded: Thought Question: Education
WEEK 3
Childhood & Adolescence: Female Genital Mutilation
4 videos, 9 readings, 1 practice quiz
Graded: Check Your Learning: Female Genital Mutilation
Graded: Thought Question on Female Genital Mutilation
WEEK 4
Childhood & Adolescence: HIV/AIDS
8 videos, 10 readings, 2 practice quizzes
Graded: HIV/AIDS
Graded: Thought Question: Structural Violence, HIV/AIDS
WEEK 5
Reproductive Health
6 videos, 14 readings
Graded: Check Your Learning: Reproductive Health
Graded: Thought Question: Reproductive Health
Engage Your Community - Assignment #1
One of two special assignments that will take you out to interact with members of your community
1 reading
Graded: Engage Your Community #1
WEEK 6
Violence Against Women in the Home and Community
3 videos, 15 readings
Graded: Check Your Learning: Violence Against Women
Graded: Thought Question: Violence Against Women in the Home & Community
WEEK 7
Women in War and Refugee Settings
6 videos, 14 readings, 1 practice quiz
Graded: Check Your Learning: Women in War and Refugee Settings
Graded: Thought Question: Women in War & Refugee Settings
WEEK 8
Women's Quest to Escape Poverty: Work & Economic Empowerment
4 videos, 9 readings
Graded: Check Your Learning: Women's Work and Economic Empowerment
Graded: Thought Question: Women's Quest to Escape Poverty - Work & Economic Empowerment
WEEK 9
Women's Quest to Escape Poverty: Sex Work & Sex Trafficking
3 videos, 6 readings
Graded: Trading women into sex and slavery
Graded: International Trafficking in Women in the United States
Graded: Women in the Sex Trade in Calcutta (India)
Graded: Check Your Learning: Sex Work and Sex Trafficking
Graded: Thought Question: Women's Quest to Escape Poverty - Sex Work & Sex Trafficking
WEEK 10
Women, Aging, and End of Life
3 videos, 9 readings
Graded: Aging in a Gendered World & Special Problems in Developing Countries
Graded: Who cares for the caregivers?
Graded: Check Your Learning: Women, Aging and End of Life
Graded: Thought Question: Women, Aging and End of Life
Engage Your Community - Assignment #2
Second of two special assignments where you engage with members of your community
1 reading
Graded: Engage Your Community - Assignment #2
Choosing Priorities, Making a Difference
5 videos, 10 readings
Graded: Check Your Learning: Choosing Priorities, Making a Difference
Graded: Thought Question: Choosing Priorities, Making a Difference
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