SIS 517 - Gender,Human Rights,and Conflict

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American University

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Course Level: Undergraduate/Graduate This seminar examines the gender dimensions of human wrongs associated with violent conflict. Students are encouraged to ask questions about the complexity of human rights problems and consider aspects of human rights problems made invisible to the outside world by silencing or obscuring the victims. Students also explore how each aspect of conflict is gendered. Of primary concern is gendered forms of resistance to and cooperation with agents of war and peace, the role gender plays in the militaries and militarization, the impact of militarization on the lives of men and women in both war and peace time, and recent legal and political attempts to address gender-based violence in human rights. Usually offered every spring. Prerequisite: SIS-322.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.AMERICAN.EDU

Phone Number:

(202) 885-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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