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GNDR305 - Gender and International Human Rights

Description

An interdisciplinary examination of the ways in which international human rights theories, organizations, laws, and practice are gendered, racialized, sexualized, and class based, and their effects on freedom, equality, and dignity. Analyzes the history and development of ideas/definitions of "rights" and challenges to these definitions. Emphasizes the interconnectedness of the global and local through a multitude of topics, including culture, human security, bodily integrity, civil and political liberties, and human rights activism.

Units

1.5

Hours: lecture-lab-tutorial

3-0-0

Formerly

WS 315

Note(s)

  • Credit will be granted for only one of GNDR 305, WS 315, WS 319 (if taken in the same topic).

Prerequisites

  • Minimum second-year standing
  • or permission of the department.

Course offered by

Department of Gender Studies

Course schedules

Summer timetable available: February 15. Fall and Spring timetables available: May 15.

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