Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights in the Global South (2025/2026: Semester 2 – Summer)

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Cursusdoel

After completing the course students are able to:
  1. Demonstrate clear understanding of concepts, perspectives and knowledge of the ‘local-vs-global’ synergies of SRHR
  2. Demonstrate understanding of the realities of sexual reproductive health and rights realities of the global south
  3. Critically evaluate various responses to SRHR issues in the global south
  4. Develop practical skills of working within SRHR policy in the global south
Description of assignment Weight Assesses which learning goals?
  1. Essay
  2. Internship report 40
  3. Output on NGO task 40 (Graded by NGO supervisor)
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40
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Vakinhoudelijk

There is growing criticism of the global vs local interactions in the area of global health, particularly regarding Sexual Reproductive, health and Rights (SRHR). The hierarchical interactions between the north and the south has been accused of sustaining colonial legacies. This interaction has also been accused of giving birth to several interventions that are either fail to find local buy-in or are impractical in the context of the global south. This is partly because most voices, knowledge systems, worldviews and ways of being of people in the south have remained subordinate to those of the West. However, there are calls to not only be inclusive in SRHR response, but to also dismantle the systematically-hierarchical institutional arrangements in order to allow different ways of being to democratically coexist in a mutually productive manner in order to benefit the people it is meant to serve (People in Global South).
This course aims to engage in this conversation especially from an SRHR perspective within the global south. It looks at various issues regarding interventions focusing on LGBTQ+ issues, Gender, HIV/AIDS and maternal health. This is done through combining normal in-class training and community service learning through an internship. It aims at both giving students an opportunity to understand SRHR perspectives of the global south and to do so while practically engaging in a 4 weeks internship with an organization


Format
The program involves a 1 week intensive training on campus, and the second part involves undertaking a 4 week community engagement at one of our partner organizations in Southern Africa (physically or via correspondence) and in the Netherlands (but with focus on the global south). Students will all meet online 3 times per week/ 8 hours per day..

Areas of Engagement

  • Providing assistance on ongoing core projects of the organization
  • Program/project Initiation
  • Research Assistance
  • Developing strategies/advisory notes aimed at decolonizing existing projects
  • Resource mobilization

Placement options
Depending on their preferences and interests. the coordinator will match students to an internship partner for:
- physical placement in Southern Africa. The host will arrange (but not always pay) accommodation.
- online placement in Southern Africa:
- physical placement in the Netherlands
See full list of organisations

Costs if you opt to travel abroad
Travel, accommodation, and meal costs vary per country and per partner. Also note insurance costs. The coordinator has a full list of estimates.
A physical placement in the Netherlands may also come with some travel expenses.

Registration

Pre-enrolment and final placement happen according to the regular summer course registration schedule, also without early expression of interest

Registration can only be withdrawn under extenuating circumstances. Contact c.muzyamba@uu.nl for more information.

Werkvormen

UCU INT 3 course

Toetsing

Essay

Verplicht | Weging 20% | ECTS 1,5

Internship report

Verplicht | Weging 40% | ECTS 3

Output on NGO task

Verplicht | Weging 40% | ECTS 3

Ingangseisen en voorkennis

Voertalen

  • Engels

Competenties

  • Internationale en interculturele oriëntatie
  • Interdisciplinariteit
  • Community based learning / community based research
  • Samenwerken

Cursusmomenten

Gerelateerde studies

Tentamens

Er is geen tentamenrooster beschikbaar voor deze cursus

Verplicht materiaal

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Aanbevolen materiaal

  • DIVERSE
    To be announced

Opmerkingen

Counts towards a SSC major.

Coördinator

C. Muzyamba c.muzyamba@uu.nl

Docenten

C. Muzyamba c.muzyamba@uu.nl

Inschrijving

Let op: deze cursus is niet toegankelijk voor studenten van andere faculteiten, bijvakkers mogen zich dus niet inschrijven.

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