The course will provide core knowledge and skills from several disciplines on how to improve women's health and well-being globally. It aims to expand students’ understanding of the interconnected factors that influence women’s health and empowerment - including foundations of sexual and reproductive health, economic development, political frameworks and global reproductive rights, demographic and social changes, basic principles of empowerment theory, educational opportunities, and advances in gender equality. The sessions follow a life course framework, and will be taught in a seminar style with plenty of opportunities for group discussions and case studies.

PBHTLH 155B will be offered online, asynchronously for Summer 2024.

This class is not recommended for incoming freshman.

This course is part of the Global Public Health Summer Minor; however you do not have to be pursuing the minor to enroll in the course

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.