DHP D232 - Gender, Culture & Conflict in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies

Course Description

This course examines situations of armed conflict, civilian experiences of these crises, and the international and national humanitarian and military responses to these situations from a gender perspective and highlights the policy and program implications that this perspective presents. Topics include gender analyses of current trends in armed conflict and terrorism; links among war economies, globalization and armed conflict; the manipulation of gender roles to fuel war and violence; gender and livelihoods in crises; masculinities in conflict; sexual and gender-based violence; women's rights in international humanitarian and human rights law; and peacebuilding. Case studies are drawn from recent and current armed conflicts worldwide. This course is cross-listed with the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.

Basic Enrollment Requirements: Unofficial Transcript - Bachelor's + 3.0 GPA. 

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Remission Eligible: Yes; first day of term; all university policies apply.