Topic: Children and Youth - A Global Perspective

Catalog description

This course explores the life experiences of children and youth from a global perspective and examines the impact of their life experiences on their psychosocial development. It explores a number of global trends in child and youth development and highlights continued obstacles in a number of key areas, including: Child protection and child rights, development in high risk settings, the impact of globalization, child trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation, child soldiers and children in armed conflict, child labor, discrimination and violence against children and youth (including gender-based violence), and HIV/AIDS and other health-related issues (e.g., female genital mutilation).