Global Health and Gender Equality- SDG 5

Activity Type: 
Seminar
Date: 
Friday, November 1, 2019 - 17:00 to Sunday, May 3, 2020 - 13:00
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
2400 Sennott Square
Contact Person: 
Veronica Dristas
Contact Phone: 
412-624-2918
Contact Email: 
dristas@pitt.edu

With each global health crisis, the interconnectedness of populations around the globe becomes more pronounced. Diseases not only affect the health of communities, but they have a profound impact on political, economic, and social stability within countries and regions. This course engages the interdisciplinary nature of global health by approaching the issue through the lens of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) developed by the United Nations. The SDGs range in focus from good health and well-being to gender equality to clean water and sanitation to affordable, clean energy. By engaging the ways that health has a stake in these goals, the course will bring the expertise of faculty from the University of Pittsburgh and CMU as well as practitioners to understand and address the issue surrounding global health from a myriad of perspectives and avenues. With an applied focus, the course will assist students in engaging and advocating for a community on a global health issue through a policy memo. This iteration of the course will examine gender equality and SDG #5.

UCIS Unit: 
European Studies Center
Global Studies Center
Non-University Sponsors: 
Office of the Vice Provost Carnegie Mellon University
Is Event Already in University Calendar?: 
No
Pitt Undergrads: 
21
Pitt Grad Students: 
6