Title: Human Rights, Human Wrongs: Challenging Poverty, Vulnerability and Social Exclusion

Location: US

Company: SDG Academy

About this course:
From women to children to indigenous peoples, the rights of marginalized groups the world over are violated daily. These injustices affect not just these groups, but also the stability of our world – and our collective future.
Join this massive open online course to learn about the establishment of human rights and their linkages to many other global issues in sustainable development. Using legal frameworks as the lens, the course explores the barriers that prevent rights from becoming reality in different societies.
This course is for:

Graduate students and advanced undergraduate students studying human rights, law, sustainable development, international relations, and related fields

Human rights practitioners working on the ground who want to improve the efficacy of intervention programs

Lawyers and policymakers interested in the context of existing and past human rights legislation and the current issues at play in revising legislation or adopting new legislation

Private-sector actors , such as those who work in corporate sustainability and responsibility, who are interested in labor rights, gender equality and more

Sustainable development practitioners who want to understand human rights in the context of a range of issues, such as forced migration

International agreements in place to support marginalized groups

How global politics shape the conversation – and the law

Gender, ethnicity and other factors that intersect – and interfere – with rights worldwide

How new approaches to humanitarian assistance hurt and help

With complex legal protections and varying societal norms, how do we ensure rights for all?

Duration: 11 weeks

Skills:
- Corporate Sustainability
- International Relations
- Sustainable Development
- Vulnerability

Curriculum:
- Module 1: Why Does the World Need Human Rights?
- Module 2: International Legal Frameworks, Institutions and Development
- Module 3: International Human Rights Frameworks
- Module 4: Underlying Frameworks for Social Inclusion
- Module 5: Contested Rights and the Co-option of the Rights Discourse
- Module 6: Gendered Poverty and Inequality
- Module 7: Gendered Rights and Violence
- Module 8: Social Exclusion: Minorities and Indigenous Peoples
- Module 9: Advocating for the Vulnerable
- Module 10: From Exclusion to Inclusion: Responding to Crisis and Conflict

- Module 11: New Directions: Rights and the SDGs