Gender, rights and health

Course:
Gender, rights and health
Start date:
03-09-2012
End date:
09-11-2012
Duration:
10 weeks
KIT Application deadline:
7-01-2012 for NFP applicants
NFP deadline:
6-02-2012
Other funding deadline:
3-07-2012
ECTS:
4
Model of delivery:
online distance learning
Course venue (optional):
Amsterdam 
Fee:
820 Euro (2012)
Contact:
courses@kit.nl
« Gender

Health programmes and health policies are often developed without taking into consideration the gender dimensions and rights perspective into consideration. Global health policies and programmes influence local level programmes, and without a gender and rights perspective may even worsen the situation of local communities.

Participants in this course will gain insight, knowledge and understanding of how health issues affect men and women differently, as well as how their rights can be respected and realised. The governance of health will be discussed and participants will write a research based health policy or a research proposal from a gender and rights perspective.

Course content

The following subjects are reviewed during the course:

  • Gender concepts, gender analysis, including: social relations of gender, institutional production and reproduction of gender, gender analysis tools
  • Gender and health analysis frameworks and how to apply a gender analysis to health
  • Gender, rights and health, including: health equity, gender equity and gender equality, human rights and women’s rights, right to health and health care
  • Gender, health and global policies, including: global milestones in development of gender discourse, UN Conferences and initiatives, WHO, World Bank, international agencies and gender, MDGs 
  • Gender analysis of health problems and diseases, including: communicable diseases (e.g. TB, HIV/AIDS), urban health, maternal health, coronary vascular diseases
  • Neglected issues, including: sexual rights and health, gender-based violence
  • Health governance and gender, including: health systems (including human resources), decentralization, accountability, quality assurance, public private provision and regulation

Objectives

At the end of the module the participants should be able to:

  • Describe gender concepts, tools and gender analysis
  • Apply ‘gender and health’ analysis frameworks to analyze health programmes, health policies and health research
  • Critically analyse the development of global health policies and programmes from a gender, equity and rights perspective
  • Analyse health problems and diseases from a gender and rights perspective 
  • Appraise the current state of health governance at national and local level from a gender equity perspective
  • Design a research based health policy or a research proposal from a gender and rights perspective

Learning methods

  • The course takes place in a Virtual Learning Community: a web-based e-learning environment
  • Online reading of handouts and web-based resources, presentations
  • Online exercises such as quizzes and case studies
  • Moderated discussions (1 hour per week)
  • Tutorials: online feedback and guidance from tutor one hour per week

Assessment

  • Assignment: a research-based health policy from a gender and rights perspective or a research proposal from a gender and rights perspective
  • Exercises, including quizzes and case study analyses

Documents

Useful links

International gender conferences

KIT regularly organizes conferences on the production, teaching and dissemination of gender knowledge.

Social development and gender equity

KIT develops and implements approaches to promote the rights, inclusion and participation of marginalized social groups in development.