After the successful completion of the course, the students are

- Able to apply human rights approach to gender issues

- Aware of major issues of demography, sexuality and use of force related to genders

- Able to analyse social determinants of gender and wellbeing (e.g. poverty and education)

- Knows various issues and contexts in which culture links to gender

- Understands main determinants and global epidemiology of women´s Health

- Able to analyse practices to enhance gender-related wellbeing

• Concepts of sex, gender and gender-research
• Contextual and cultural variation in gender roles
• Human rights and gender
• Global targets for and progress in achieving equality between women and men
• Regional imbalances in sex ratio at birth or mortality at different ages
• Special wellbeing needs among girls and women
• Global epidemiology and determinants of fertility and infertility
• Global perspective to family planning, contraception, abortion, and infertility treatment
• Causes, consequences  and prevention of maternal mortality
• HIV- not a conquered problem.
• Women and men as targets of domestic or sexual violence
• Major international initiatives to improve women’s health