Fall 2024 Human Rights GU4965 section 001

Gender-Based Violence & Human Rights

GENDER-BASED VIOL & HUM R

Call Number 10644
Day & Time
Location
R 2:10pm-4:00pm
569 ALFRED LERNE
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Julie Rajan
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

The term 'gendercide' highlights a range of distinct and specific forms of violence executed against human beings based on their own gender self-identification as well as patriarchal assumptions about their gender. In this course, we will examine research discerning, movements challenging, and the adjudication, and/or lack thereof, of Gender Based Violence (GBV) in several major categories traversing spatial, temporal, and ideological contexts, including: reproductive rights and health; trafficking and migration; and disaster and pandemics. It is critical to: interrogate the ideologies that drive and sustain GBV; examine in detail the harm it presents to human beings; explore what can be done to protect the security of those experiencing GBV; and to think about measures of prevention to guard additional human beings from experiencing it. The heart of the course will involve an intersectional analysis of specific case studies; highlighting the GBV associated with each case; examining the impact of GBV on human rights; and how GBV has been addressed in society. The close study of each case will assist students in illuminating intricacies, complexities, and challenges to human security in specific contexts. 

Web Site Vergil
Department Institute for Study of Human Rights
Enrollment 13 students (22 max) as of 9:05PM Thursday, December 5, 2024
Subject Human Rights
Number GU4965
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
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Section key 20243HRTS4965W001