International Perspectives on Women

Catalog description

This course focuses on women's issues from an international perspective and addresses the diversity and similarity of women's experiences worldwide. It considers the scope of gender injustice and the variety of factors (e.g. social, economic, political, religious) that contribute to it. The course examines current cross-cultural attitudes toward the family, women's work, and women's status and explores international gender equality movements and women's rights as human rights.