Critical Social Inquiry 0233 - Gender, Sexuality, Power, and Inequity in Global Health

In this course we will explore the intersecting and multidimensional systems and institutions (law, medicine, the family, the state, education) that affect global health politics, access to reproductive health care, rights, and justice. Some of the questions we will investigate include: How do the socio-cultural, economic, and political contexts in which people live affect health and well-being? How are reproductive health, reproductive rights, and reproductive justice connected to inequities in systems of global health, development, and power? How do global systems of racialized capitalism and the exploitation of the land and people of the Global South affect global health and development practices? How do local and global systems of structural violence impact health and well-being? What policies and practices function to negotiate systems of violence, marginalization, and inequity? Keywords:Reproductive Justice, Global Health, Feminist Philosophy, Intersectionality

In/Justice Students should expect to spend 6-8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time