WST 496 - International Human Rights

Institution:

University of Rochester

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Description:

This course will examine the historical development of theories of human rights and their relationship to gender issues. We will consider arguments over women's rights and human rights from the eighteenth century democratic revolutions in the United States and France to the 1995 World Conference on Women in Beijing. Specific case studies will include reproductive rights and women's economic rights in a world context as well as alliances and rifts between "First World" and "Third World" feminisms.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rochester.edu

Phone Number:

(888) 822-2256

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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