The course encompasses 4 weeks with approximately 20-25 hours of active learning. It will include video lectures, readings, peer-to-peer learning through discussions as well as knowledge checks with polls and quizzes, all aimed at developing and reinforcing personal critical reflection. Case studies will focus on examples and current debates from different regions and countries in the world.

• 1

  4-10 November 2024

  Setting the Scene

  
  Kalliope Agapiou-Josephides, University of Cyprus
  Aida Ghajar, Iranian Journalist
  Anja Mihr, Center on Governance through Human Rights

• 2

  11-17 November 2024

  Women’s quest for democracy in authoritarian and hybrid regimes

  
  Mansoureh Shojaee, Iranian Women’s Rights Activist
  Mozn Hassan, Nazra for Feminist Studies
  Natallia Satsunkevic, Viasna

• 3

  18-24 November 2024

  Gender equality, women and democratic backsliding

  
  Roberta Caminero Baggio, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, GC Latin America

• 4

  25 November – 1 December 2024

  Ways forward for more inclusive democracies

  
  Zahara Gómez Lucini, Artist
  Bonolo Makgale, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria