Scholarship / Financial aid: up to eight subsidised places, five partially funded (half price) are offered
Date: 9 June – 14 July 2008
Deadline: 15th May 2008
Open to: all interested
Announcement follows:
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
-The international human rights law framework for guaranteeing women’s human rights
-The economic and social rights of women: including poverty and access to education
-Violence against women: including domestic violence, rape and harmful traditional practices
-Health and reproductive choices: including women’s right to health, the life cycle approach and reproductive rights
-The girl child: including areas of conflict between women’s rights and those of the child
-Women in the criminal justice system: including detention, trafficking and the rights of victims of crime
Why take this course?
-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
-Explains from a human rights perspective how to challenge key issues facing women today
-Offers access to leading human rights practitioners and academics
-Addresses substantive issues of women’s rights
Teachers
Teachers on the course are leading practitioners and distinguished academic experts in the field, including Professor Christine Chinkin, Professor Aileen McColgan and Professor Paul Hunt. The course convener is 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 runs for six consecutive Monday evenings, from June 9th to July 14th 2008. Classes will take place between 6pm and 8pm. One, wholly optional, discussion-based seminar will be held at the same time on Wednesday July 3rd, to facilitate wider discussion of the issues raised in the lectures.
The course fee is £990. If you, or your employer, are able to pay the full fee, please complete and return the 'Registration form' with payment or invoice details as soon as possible.
The Centre is able to offer up to eight subsidised places, five partially funded (half price) and up to three fully funded places for those would otherwise be unable to attend. Those wishing to apply for a subsidised place must complete and return the ‘Subsidised place application form' by noon on Thursday 15th May 2008. Applicants for a subsidised place should not complete the Registration form.
Website: http://www.lse.ac.uk/
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