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.
Please apply for participation by 15 March 2027 via the button APPLY on top of this site.
If you are doctoral student, you can also apply to receive feedback on your work. Please submit a one-paragraph description of your research project at
projekt.nina@pravo.hr. Uppon acceptance to the course, you will be expected to submit a two-page summary of your project and a maximum of 10.000 words of text for discussion before the course takes place to the same e-mail.
All participants are expected to participate actively and to read legal sources and academic texts throughout the course.
Course readings are available at the teaching platform:
https://mod.srce.hr/course/view.php?id=690.
Please register to the e-learning site of the course “Advancing Women's Rights in a Changing World with your e-mail.
Once registered to the e-learning platform access the course materials by using password AWRCW.
All course participants are required to pay the IUC participation fee of €55 and to cover their own travel and accommodation costs in Dubrovnik.
