Graduate Course: “Advancing Women’s Rights in a Changing World” 29 March – April 2, 2026, in Dubrovnik, Croatia

October 14, 2025:

We are pleased to announce the post-graduate course “Advancing Women’s Rights in a Changing World”, to be held at the Inter-University Centre in Dubrovnik, Croatia, 29 March – April 2, 2026. The course will be held in English.

COURSE DIRECTORS:
Antonija Petričušić, Faculty of Law University of Zagreb, Croatia
Dubravka Šimonović, former UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls
Bert Lockwood, University of Cincinnati, United States
Barbara Havelková, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Silvia Suteu, European University Institute, Italy
Rebecca Cook, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Canada

DESCRIPTION:
The course “Advancing Women’s Rights in a Changing World” aims at graduate students (Masters and Doctoral levels) in law and those studying the law from related subjects. Its purpose is to expose participants to the legal, social, political, economic issues that influence unequal women’s position in society and to provide a comprehensive understanding of the underlying legal and social structures and power relations that define women’s (in)ability to enjoy their human rights.

The course will equip students with an understanding of international human rights guarantees for women. In order to meet that goal, the course will introduce the students to key organizations and instruments – UN CSW, CEDAW, ECHR and the Council of Europe, the EU – and their provision in various substantive areas of women’s rights, including the right to equal political representation, the right to education and health (including reproductive health), socio-economic rights, gender-based violence, oppositions to gender equality and anti-gender mobilization.

For further details, download this Tentative Schedule, Topics and Reading Materials.

APPLY before 29 February 2026 via the IUC application system.

COSTS AND ACCOMMODATION: Participants are required to cover their own travel and accommodation expenses and to pay the IUC participation fee (55 euros). However, accommodation for selected participants will be secured in IUC dormitories and the cost must be covered by students. Accommodation options.

SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY: Scholarships are available from: the IUC Scholarship for PhD students from South-East Europe and the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Youth fund.

Website: The course webpage is online here. If you have further questions, please contact iuc@iuc.hr.
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