Course Type: Diploma and Certificate Courses
Training Provider: Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Institute of Social Studies (ISS)

This three week intensive post-graduate course offers an opportunity to learn how to analyse SRH problems in the wider social development context, to systematically plan interventions, and to manage SRH interventions which empower women, involve men and recognise the rights of young people; and a unique chance to study the principles of the Dutch approach at work. The course is ideally suited to young and mid-career policymakers, (health) professionals and researchers from government and (I)NGOs, who need a short intensive introduction/updating in gender sensitive and participatory analysis.

How to understand and how to achieve "the right to Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) for all”. Politics and policies intervening in people's choices and rights, and shaping the SRH services and quality of care, constitute a complex field of development dynamics, with many different actors and often conflicting interests. How to develop and manage the SRH agenda of (inter)national institutions, NGOs and social movements and what can be learned from the achievements in the Netherlands?

Programme description

The course consists of an introductory workshop and five modules. The first module considers the complex realities of reproductive and sexual health, which affect and are structured by gender, social class and generational relations in the wider development context. In the second module the current policy agendas, notably the ICPD Cairo Plan of Action, the type and quality of care provided and their impact will be reviewed in context of health and population sector reform, , Millennium Development Goals and poverty reduction strategies. Module three and four cover practical training in Gender Sensitive and Participatory Approaches and Skills and in Project Management. The case studies and visits to SRH programmes in the Netherlands form module five and are organised throughout the programme. This course is delivered in collaboration with Sexual and Reproductive Health Centre of Netherlands School of Public and Occupational Health, with RutgersNissoGroep/Youth Incentives and World Population Foundation

ISS collaborates with ICDI (International Child Development Initiatives) in the newly established International Centre for Child and Youth Studies, which undertakes and promotes multi-disciplinary training, policy analysis, programme development and local capacity building in relation to childhood and youth in development, notably in the areas Health, Sexuality, Rights and Participation.

Hits: 1983

                                                                     

Staff:
Loes Keysers (convenor)
Lecturer in Women and Development Studies

Marlene Buchy
Lecturer Rural Development, Environment and Population Studies

Eric Ross
Senior Lecturer in Population and Development

Anke van Dam, MD, MPH, RNG/YI
http://www.rng.nl/; http://www.youthincentives.org

Henk Rolink, MA, WPF
http://www.wpf.org/home_gb

Evert Ketting, PhD, NSPOH
http://www.nspoh.nl/marktgroepen/overheden/inthealthcareprojects.htm


Entry Requirements:
English language requirements: The ISS does not require a language certificate from native English-speakers. Inhabitants from the following countries are considered native speakers: Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, USA, Australia, New Sealand, India, Philippines, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenia, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and inhabitants from the English-speaking part of Cameroon, Rwanda and Sierra Leone.

All other candidates must provide a certificate from one of the following bodies:

TOEFL: For MA applicants, the minimum acceptable score is 550 on the TOEFL and 4.5 on the TWE. For those taking the computer-based TOEFL test, the minimum acceptable score is 213, with an Essay Rating of at least 4.5.

Important: If you inform TOEFL that the ISS Institution Code is 9714 and the Department Code is 01, they will send information directly to the ISS.

British Council: For MA applicants, the minimum acceptable score is 6.0 with a minimum score of 5.0 for writing.

Course Duration:
This is a 3-week Certificate Course, running from 21 August-8 September 2006.

Language(s) of Instruction:

• English

Mode of Study:

• residential

Thematic Focus:

• Education
• Gender Issues
• Health/Public Health
• Participatory Approaches
• Poverty Analysis
• Project Planning
• Social Policy and Development
• :Other:

Country(ies):

• Netherlands

Town(s) or City(ies):
The Hague

Course fees:
2500 EUR

Scholarships & Awards:
Students should apply to the Netherlands Fellowship Programme

Further Funding Information:
http://www.iss.nl/tprogrs/fellowships.html

Course's Webpage:
http://www.iss.nl/navFrame/frame2.html?content=/tprogrs/umrh.html