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Fall 2023 International Affairs U6143 section 001
Gender, Globalization, and Human Rights
Gender,Globalizatn & Hum Right

Call Number 17069
Day & Time
Location
T 11:00am-12:50pm
801 International Affairs Building
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Yasmine Ergas
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

This course introduces students to fundamental human rights associated with gender and the global processes through which they have been shaped and reshaped. Focusing primarily but not exclusively on women’s rights and drawing on treaties, cases, programmatic documents, statistical data and other materials, we ask how gender inequalities are addressed at a global and regional level, how such commitments resonate at a national level, and how they are being challenged today. Why are specific measures are needed to protect against gender-based discrimination if human rights are putatively universal?  Does the current global gender rights framework work effectively for all those subject to gender-based discrimination?  Which points of view on gender does it incorporate and promote, and which does it  “silence”? How do factors such as citizenship, nationality, sexual orientation and gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion and class affect the protection of gender rights? How can the current global gender rights framework help address discrimination and inequality with respect to fundamental issues of personhood such as identity, bodily integrity, and the right to life? How can  it be deployed to address the implications of socioeconomic processes closely linked to globalization, such as migration or the emergence of markets in reproduction? Can it play a role in times of widespread political turmoil and of war? 

Web Site Vergil
Department International and Public Affairs
Enrollment 0 students (25 max) as of 10:06AM Sunday, July 20, 2025
Subject International Affairs
Number U6143
Section 001
Division School of International and Public Affairs
Open To SIPA
Campus Morningside
Section key 20233INAF6143U001

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