Human Rights Courses

Gender and Sexuality: Applications in Society

87 reviews

Gender & Sexuality shape work, life and play. Equip yourself with the knowledge and skills to engage with key issues through key concepts and perspectives.

• edX
• 2-4 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

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International Women's Health and Human Rights

5 reviews

This course focuses on women’s health and human rights issues from infancy through old age, including information about positive interventions relating to those issues. Learners are encouraged to interact with each other through interactive discussions.

• Coursera
• 58 hours worth of material, 10 weeks long
• 13th Mar, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Child Protection: Children's Rights in Theory and Practice

5 reviews

Learn how to protect children from violence, exploitation, and neglect through law, policy, and practice in a human rights framework.

• edX
• 2-6 hours a week, 16 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

International Women's Health and Human Rights

1 review

This self-paced course provides an overview of women's health and human rights, beginning in infancy and childhood, then moving through adolescence, reproductive years and aging. We consider economic, social, political and human rights factors, and the c…

• edX
• 1-5 hours a week, 10 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law

Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law uses a problem-based approach to examine a global view of anti-discrimination law, comparing US, European, and other national, regional and international legal systems, including those of India, Brazil,…

• edX
• 2-6 hours a week, 16 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Refugees in the 21st Century

474 ratings at Coursera

This MOOC provides insight into the refugee phenomenon as one of the most complex, compelling and (arguably) misunderstood features of the 21st century. Taking a global perspective, it will outline the fundamentals of who ‘refugees’ are, where they come…

• Coursera
• 28 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 13th Mar, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

From Freedom Rides to Ferguson: Narratives of Nonviolence in the American Civil Rights Movement

306 ratings at Coursera

The Modern Civil Rights Movement is a significant landmark in United States history. This movement was a struggle for human rights directly challenging the nation to extend its democratic principles to African Americans and all peoples. This course sheds…

• Coursera
• 15 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 13th Mar, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Climate Change and Human Rights

66 ratings at Coursera

This course is primarily aimed at anyone interested in learning about the growing field of climate change and human rights. It will discuss the history of the field, key actors and cases, as well as emerging trends and takeaways. This course is taught b…

• Coursera
• 8-9 hours worth of material, 1 week long
• 13th Mar, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Cross-border road transport in EU law context

Have you ever wondered which legal rules are applicable to cross-border EU road transport? Are you interested in the issues revolving around EU employment law in the international road transport sector? Then, on behalf of the University of Antwerp, Erasm…

• Coursera
• 27 hours worth of material, 7 weeks long
• 13th Mar, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

University of Oslo;  Scholars at Risk

Dangerous Questions: Why Academic Freedom Matters

22 ratings at FutureLearn

Explore the meaning of academic freedom and how it relates to core higher education and societal values.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• 6th Mar, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Civil Liberties

6 reviews

Explore the moral basis of controversial claims of civil rights and liberties by carefully considering the evidence and reasons presented by notable thinkers and in groundbreaking Supreme Court opinions.

• edX
• 2-5 hours a week, 7 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Roe v. Wade Teach-Out

On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court released a decision that struck down Roe v. Wade, a ruling that had guaranteed the constitutional right to abortion for the past 49 years. This Teach-Out will look at the history of reproductive rights in the Un…

• Independent
• 7-8 hours worth of material, 1 week long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Seeking Women’s Rights: Colonial Period to the Civil War

1 review

Learn about the emergence of women's history and its impact on the study of history as a whole. Then, examine the experiences of women in Colonial America. We will learn the ways that women struggled to loosen the constraints of family by proclaiming tha…

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 10 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Black Lives Matter

54 ratings at Coursera

The #BlackLivesMatter movement is the most significant political movement in African American life in the United States in the last fifty years. BLM leaders denounced anti-black racism, white supremacy, and police brutality and reshaped how we think abou…

• Coursera
• 16 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 20th Mar, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Fighting for Equality: 1950–2018

This course begins with an examination of how the Cold War reinforced the ideals of the suburban, nuclear family and how these ideals impacted women's trajectory towards independence and equality, and ends with the rise of the Me Too movement and a look…

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 12 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)