POL 3125 - Women’s Rights as Human Rights

Institution:

SUNY at Purchase College

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Description:

4 credits. Alternate years ( Spring) This course focuses on definitions of human rights and ways in which women’s experiences of human rights violations are gendered. It examines the roles of custom and law, international human rights, the shortcomings of international human rights structures in protecting women’s rights, and strategies that women have employed to promote their rights, with an emphasis on the UN convention on women’s rights. Also offered as WOM 3125.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.purchase.edu

Phone Number:

(914) 251-6000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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