24 | ADVANCING WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN A CHANGING WORLD

The course Advancing Women’s Rights in a Changing World aims at students - at Masters and Doctoral level - in law and those studying the law from related subjects. Its purpose is to expose the participants to the legal, social, political, economic issues that influence unequal women’s position in the society and to provide a comprehensive understanding of the underlying legal and social structures and power relations that define women’s (in)ability to enjoy their human rights. The course will equip the students with an understanding of international human rights guarantees for women. In order to meet that goal, the course will introduce the students to key organizations and instruments - UN CSW, CEDAW, ECHR and the Council of Europe, the EU – and their provision in various substantive areas of women’s rights - from the right to equal political representation, across the right to education and health (including reproductive health), to socio-economic rights, gender-based violence, oppositions to gender equality and anti-gender mobilization, etc.