Gender, Human Rights and Conflict

Catalog description

This course examines armed conflict and transitions towards peace as gendered phenomena. Students will engage in readings on how gender figures in the causes of war and peace; the barriers to promoting and protecting gender rights during war and how the barriers may be overcome; and the global movements to incorporate gender rights more fully in post-conflict reconstruction policies. Students will gain awareness and understanding of the continuum of violence that women and girls experience in the public and private spheres