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Six week evening course - CPD accredited
Too often, from a UK domestic perspective, women's rights are approached solely from the point of view of sex-based discrimination. Whilst the need to establish equality between men and women should not be underestimated, women's rights issues also raise substantive human rights questions.
The international human rights community and the mechanisms and procedures that implement human rights standards have examined and devised ways of using human rights law to guarantee the substantive rights of women. Specific women's human rights norms have been agreed and human rights standards of general application have been developed to ensure that women's human rights are guaranteed.
The international human rights law framework on women's rights is an invaluable resource and one that can be applied at all levels, from the international stage to the family unit. The collective wisdom of the international community in looking at the issues of women's rights has applied and interpreted human rights in this area arguably more creatively than in any other. That community has used international human rights law to assist in overcoming many of the obstacles that women face in the world today. By understanding the international framework, the domestic agenda is significantly assisted in reaching its objectives.
Course components
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The international human rights law framework for guaranteeing women's human rights
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The economic and social rights of women: including poverty and access to education
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Violence against women: including domestic violence, rape and harmful traditional practices
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Health and reproductive choices: including women's right to health, the life cycle approach and reproductive rights
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The girl child: including areas of conflict between women's rights and those of the child
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Women in the legal system: immigration and asylum, trafficking, detention and as victims of crime
Why take this course?
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Provides a detailed overview of international human rights law, including how the prohibition of discrimination works at the international law level, and how it affects the everyday lives of women
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Explains from a human rights perspective how to challenge key issues facing women today
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Offers access to leading human rights practitioners and academics
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Addresses substantive issues of women's rights
Teachers
Teachers on the course are leading practitioners and distinguished academic experts in the field. In 2009 they were: Professor Christine Chinkin (pictured), Deirdre Fottrell, Dr Kathryn Cronin, Professor Aileen McColgan and Professor Paul Hunt. The course convener was Madeleine Colvin, a human rights lawyer who practised as a barrister before joining Liberty and later JUSTICE as a legal policy specialist. She is presently a human rights consultant and a part-time Immigration Judge.
Fees and administration
The course fee was £990. The Centre also offered up to eight subsidised places, five partially funded (half price) and up to three fully funded places for those would otherwise have been unable to attend.
Interested in this course? Email us at z.gillard@lse.ac.uk| to register your interest.