Championing Gender: Integrating Pathways to a Sustainable and Equal World
Transform your perspective on gender equality and sustainability with Taipei Medical University.
Duration
6 weeksWeekly study
2 hours100% online
How it works
Championing Gender: Integrating Pathways to a Sustainable and Equal World
Enhance your understanding of gender equality with this forward-thinking course
As women constitute nearly 50% of the global workforce yet still face unequal opportunities, joining Taipei Medical University’s online course is essential for fostering greater equity and sustainability worldwide.
Over four engaging weeks, you’ll dive into pressing topics such as healthcare, menstrual equity, and campus inclusivity, equipping yourself to advocate for balanced representation and drive transformative change.
Explore gender equality in healthcare
You’ll begin by delving into the essential aspects of gender equality within the healthcare sector. You’ll gain insights into how healthcare systems can adapt to better serve diverse populations, acknowledging both structural and individual differences.
Investigate menstrual health and achieve equity
You’ll study the global impacts of menstrual issues, learning about efforts to combat period poverty and enhance menstrual health education. With these tools, you’ll break taboos and ensure menstrual equity for all.
Navigate gender inclusivity on campus
Next, you’ll hone skills to facilitate an inclusive environment within university campuses. You’ll be guided through understanding gender dynamics in educational institutions, examining dormitory arrangements, and exploring available resources and support services.
You’ll learn to implement strategies that promote inclusivity, ensuring that all students, regardless of their gender identity, have a safe and supportive learning environment.
By the end of this course, you’ll be equipped you with the knowledge and skills to champion gender equality and sustainability, fostering inclusivity and lasting change.
Syllabus
Week 1
How can we develop our sexes?
Sex Development
Explore the physiological traits, social roles, and cultural contexts of both males and females, emphasizing the importance of gender equality and respecting differences.
Differentiation of Internal Genital Ducts
The differentiation of internal genital ducts plays a vital role in establishing the reproductive system, while primary amenorrhea highlights potential developmental issues.
Week 2
Menstrual Health and Equity
Period Poveraty Overview
This course explores menstrual health and equity, focusing on "period poverty," global challenges, cultural taboos, and myths surrounding menstruation and their impact on women's health.
Menstrual Health Education
The third section addresses menstrual health education, tackling information gaps and proposing effective strategies, while offering practical recommendations for promoting menstrual equity through real-world policy examples.
Week 3
Gender Education and Family Education
Overview of Gender Education and Family Education
By understanding gender perspectives, it aims to enhance awareness of gender issues and provide suitable educational strategies for families and society, fostering family harmony and social inclusiveness.
Gender Equity
It explores the concept of gender equity and aims to enhance awareness through education, advocating for respect and inclusivity to promote harmony within families and society.
Week 4
Gender-Inclusive Housing in University Campuses
Gender role
It analyzes how traditional gender roles shape dorm environments and examines the challenges and needs faced by non-binary and cisgender individuals in dorm life.
Resources and Support Services
By offering diverse housing options to meet the needs of various gender identities, gender-inclusive housing reduces discrimination and harassment, enhancing mental health and academic performance.
Week 5
Topic: Taiwan’s Workplace Environment and Gender Equality
Introduction: Workplace environment and gender awarenes
In the job market,whether you are applying for a job or working, the phenomenon of sex and gender has always affected the personal dignity and life rights of job seekers or employees. This is true in all countries around the world
Is sex work a basic human right?
This course analyzes and explains gender in Taiwan’s workplace from both academic and practical perspectives. Issues of equal rights and the development of protective policies and regulations.
Week 6
Women Exemplars in Modern Environmental Movements
Women Leaders Transforming Environmental Movements
Each of these leaders, from different parts of the world, utilized their scientific expertise and advocacy to champion environmental causes, mobilizing communities, especially women, to create lasting change.
The Intersection of Gender, Justice, and Global Environmental Initiatives
It delves into the concept of "slow violence" affecting marginalized communities and emphasizes how globalization and modern movements, including Buddhist principles, link environmentalism with social justice.
When would you like to start?
Start straight away and join a global classroom of learners. If the course hasn’t started yet you’ll see the future date listed below.
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Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Design inclusive family education programs that promote gender equality in family practices and perceptions.
- Interpret the gender perspectives within environmental movements and understand the roles and contributions of women in sustainable development.
- Explain of physiological and menstrual health and be able to clarify its impact on women's physical and mental well-being.
- Discuss on physiological and menstrual health across different cultural and social contexts and propose concrete suggestions for improving health education
- Discuss influence of gender roles in family education and understand how traditional gender divisions affect decision-making and resource allocation within families.
- Explore the gender perspectives within environmental movements and understand the roles and contributions of women in sustainable development.
Who is the course for?
This course is for anyone eager to champion gender equality and sustainability. Ideal for students, professionals, and advocates, it offers a platform for meaningful dialogue and insights to drive positive change.
Who will you learn with?
Tzu Chi University is founded on the philosophy of helping others, integrating it into the education of its students to nurture well-rounded individuals with humanitarian concern.
Who developed the course?
Taipei Medical University
Taipei Medical University (TMU) has been a leader in Taiwan’s healthcare system for over half a century due to its research, teaching excellence, internationalization and outstanding medical service.
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Ways to learn
Choose the best way to learn for you!
Subscribe & save
$19.99
For your first month. Automatically renews
Develop skills to further your career
- Access to this course
- Access to 1,000+ courses
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Digital certificate when you're eligible
Cancel for free anytime
Buy this course
$79/one-off payment
Fulfill your current learning need
- Access to this course
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Printed and digital certificate when you’re eligible
Limited access
Free
Sample the course materials
- Access expires 15 Jan 2025
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Sale price available until 29 December 2024 at 23:59 (UTC). T&Cs apply.
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- Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities
- Stay motivated by using the Progress page to keep track of your step completion and assessment scores
Join a global classroom
- Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
- Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course
- Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others
Map your progress
- As you work through the course, use notifications and the Progress page to guide your learning
- Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control
- Complete 90% of course steps and all of the assessments to earn your certificate
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