Syllabus/achievement requirements

Core course reading:

• Sexual rights as human rights: a guide to authoritative sources and principles for applying human rights to sexuality and sexual health. Miller AM, Kism?di E, Cottingham J, Gruskin S. Reprod Health Matters. 2015 Nov;23(46):16-30. doi: 10.1016/j.rhm.2015.11.007. Epub 2015 Dec 13.
• Using human rights for sexual and reproductive health: improving legal and regulatory frameworks. Cottingham J, Kismodi E, Hilber AM, Lincetto O, Stahlhofer M, Gruskin S. Bull World Health Organ. 2010 Jul 1;88(7):551-5. doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.063412. Epub 2010 June3
• Applying human rights to improve access to reproductive health services. Shaw D, Cook RJ. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2012 Oct;119 Suppl 1:S55-9. Epub 2012 Aug 9.
• From reproductive choice to reproductive justice. Cook RJ, Dickens BM. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2009 Aug;106(2):106-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.03.018. Epub 2009 May 7.
• Young people's sexual and reproductive health rights. Sundby J. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2006 Jun;20(3):355-68. Epub 2006 Feb 9.

Optional literature:

• Sound and Fury--engaging with the politics and the law of sexual rights. Miller AM, Gruskin S, Cottingham J, Kism?di E. Reprod Health Matters. 2015 Nov;23(46):7-15. doi: 10.1016/j.rhm.2015.11.006. Epub 2015 Dec 10.
• Advancing sexual health through human rights: the role of the law. Kism?di E, Cottingham J, Gruskin S, Miller AM.

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• Proposed declassification of disease categories related to sexual orientation in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11). Cochran SD, Drescher J, Kism?di E, Giami A, Garc¨ªa-Moreno C, Atalla E, Marais A, Vieira EM, Reed GM. Bull World Health Organ. 2014 Sep 1;92(9):672-9. doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.135541. Epub 2014 Jun 17.
• Realising the ICPD 20 years later: shifting the paradigms for research and education. Gruskin S, Ravindran TK; Rights-Oriented Research and Education (RORE) Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health. Glob Public Health. 2014;9(6):647-52. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2014.923014. Epub 2014 Jun 23.
• Vaccines to promote and protect sexual health: policy challenges and opportunities. Hawkes S, Kism?di E, Larson H, Buse K. Vaccine. 2014 Mar 20;32(14):1610-5. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.09.039. Review.
• Conscientious objection to provision of legal abortion care. Johnson BR Jr, Kism?di E, Dragoman MV, Temmerman M. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2013 Dec;123 Suppl 3:S60-2. doi: 10.1016/S0020-7292(13)60004-1. Review.
• Updated WHO guidance on safe abortion: health and human rights. Erdman JN, DePi?eres T, Kism?di E. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2013 Feb;120(2):200-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2012.10.009. Epub 2012 Dec 17.
• Human rights accountability for maternal death and failure to provide safe, legal abortion: the significance of two ground-breaking CEDAW decisions. Kism?di E, de Mesquita JB, Iba?ez XA, Khosla R, Sep¨²lveda L. Reprod Health Matters. 2012 Jun;20(39):31-9. doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(12)39610-9.
• Maternal mortality and human rights: landmark decision by United Nations human rights body. Bueno de Mesquita J, Kism?di E. Bull World Health Organ. 2012 Feb 1;90(2):79A. doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.101410. No abstract available.
• Criminalising consensual sexual behaviour in the context of HIV: consequences, evidence, and leadership. Ahmed A, Kaplan M, Symington A, Kismodi E. Glob Public Health. 2011;6 Suppl 3:S357-69. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2011.623136. Review.
• Postrape care services to minors in Kenya: are the services healing or hurting survivors? Wangamati CK, Combs Thorsen V, Gele AA, Sundby J. Int J Womens Health. 2016 Jul 1;8:249-59. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S108316. eCollection 2016.
• Perceptions of the effects of armed conflict on maternal and reproductive health services and outcomes in Burundi and Northern Uganda: a qualitative study. Chi PC, Bulage P, Urdal H, Sundby J. BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2015 Apr 3;15:7. doi: 10.1186/s12914-015-0045-z.
• Reproductive decisions of couples living with HIV in Malawi: what can we learn for future policy and research studies? Chimphamba Gombachika B, Chirwa E, Malata A, Sundby J, Fjeld H. Malawi Med J. 2013 Sep;25(3):65-71.
• Have we made progress in Somalia after 30 years of interventions? Attitudes toward female circumcision among people in the Hargeisa district. Gele AA, B? BP, Sundby J.
• Potential initiators of HIV-related stigmatization: ethical and programmatic challenges for PMTCT programs. Thorsen VC, Sundby J, Martinson F. Dev World Bioeth. 2008 Apr;8(1):43-50. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8847.2008.00227.x.
• Human rights and maternal health: exploring the effectiveness of the Alyne decision. Cook RJ. J Law Med Ethics. 2013 Spring;41(1):103-23. doi: 10.1111/jlme.12008.
• Upholding pregnant women's right to life. Cook RJ, Dickens BM. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2012 Apr;117(1):90-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2012.01.001. Epub 2012 Feb 20.
• Conscientious commitment to women's health. Dickens BM, Cook RJ. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2011 May;113(2):163-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2011.02.002. Epub 2011 Mar 21.
• The legal status of in vitro embryos. Dickens BM, Cook RJ. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2010 Oct;111(1):91-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2010.07.004. Epub 2010 Aug 11.
• Unethical female stereotyping in reproductive health. Cook RJ, Cusack S, Dickens BM. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2010 Jun;109(3):255-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2010.02.002. Epub 2010 Mar 4.
• Hymen reconstruction: ethical and legal issues. Cook RJ, Dickens BM. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2009 Dec;107(3):266-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.07.032. Epub 2009 Aug 29.
• Transparency in the delivery of lawful abortion services. Cook RJ. CMAJ. 2009 Feb 3;180(3):272-3. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.081862. No abstract available.
• Comparison of Buprenorphine + Naloxone to Buprenorphine and Methadone in the Treatment of Opioid Dependence during Pregnancy: Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes. Lund IO, Fischer G, Welle-Strand GK, O'Grady KE, Debelak K, Morrone WR, Jones HE. Subst Abuse. 2013;7:61-74. doi: 10.4137/SART.S10955. Epub 2013 Mar 14.
• Neonatal outcomes following in utero exposure to methadone or buprenorphine: a National Cohort Study of opioid-agonist treatment of Pregnant Women in Norway from 1996 to 2009. Welle-Strand GK, Skurtveit S, Jones HE, Waal H, Bakstad B, Bjark? L, Ravndal E. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 Jan 1;127(1-3):200-6. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.07.001. Epub 2012 Jul 25.