This module provides an overview of human rights and social justice issues in Ireland and around the world. It addresses :> The origins of human rights, > Their current status in international and domestic law, and > How they are used to advance the goals of social justice movements. We will look at human rights in theory and in practice, exploring how standards are formulated in the first place and how those ideals are translated into real change.

The objective of the module 'Global Justice' is to equip students with a clear understanding of and critical perspective on global inequalities. The module will explore the role of different groups, organizations and institutions in creating or challenging systems of global inequalities. The module will explore the role of different groups, organizations and institutions in creating or challenging systems of global inequality, including the World Trade Organisation, the International Monetary Fund, the United Nations, the world's wealthiest and most powerful nations and individuals, NGOs, and social activists.

This course will explore feminist perspectives on economic theory and policy with a particular focus on the household and labour markets. Feminist analyses of the different economic roles of women and men, and the different impacts of economic policies on women and men, will be examined. Theoretical debates on the nature of labour, definitions of work, the creation of value and unpaid labour will be explored from a gender perspective.

The objective of this module is to enable students to understand the role of gender relations and inequalities in processes of development, both at local and global levels. The module will provide students with the tools to understand and analyse gender relations and inequalities in their myriad forms, and will enable them to consider different approaches to development through a gender lens. The module will address topics and issues such as economics, poverty, development, sexuality and sexual health, gender based violence and the role of men and masculinities and will provide students with critical conceptual and analytical tools for understanding and aiming to transform gender relations within an unequal world

This is an introductory course that takes a critical look at the studies of health inequalities from a multidisciplinary perspective. Students will be exposed to a range of approaches and issues such as globalisation, social inequality and health; the social production of class and race; the organisation or risk and social exclusion; sexuality and global public health; migration and public health; stigma, discrimination and human rights. Students will also be introduced to key concepts in qualitative and quantitative methodology used in social research for health. The course will use case studies such as HIV and emerging infectious diseases to learn the tools of social science in the analysis of global health inequalities

This module explores the ways in which power has been gendered. You will gain a thorough introduction to the intellectual traditions, concepts and political concerns which have shaped the evolution of struggles around gender issues through consideration of key texts and debates. The module will also address the social construction of gender, the relation between feminist theory and activism, and how modern society has responded to issues of citizenship, power, race, class, gender and sexuality

Space and place are increasingly acknowledged as important in how we perceive, negotiate, experience and order the world. This module will explore the ways in which the concepts space and place can be understood in terms of gendered social relations. We will interrogate the interconnection between space, place and the construction of gendered relations across a range of spatial scales from the local to the global.

The media is popularly described as having a watchdog role, representing public interests and facilitating democratic participation in society. However, critics argue that the media's current role as profit-making enterprises has resulted in a surfeit of entertainment, trivia and sensationalism. This module examines the media's role in relation to the coverage of equality issues. This module will develop students' knowledge of media literacy and equality issues by studying how and why the media operates. We will assess the impact of global economic and political structures and look at how media producers work (through ethics, professionalism, news worthiness and media savviness).

Sexuality might be defined as the personal experience of bodily desire for intimacy and connection, yet expressions of sexuality frequently come under the surveillance of state, religion, and society at large. The course offers an overview of key theorists and influential concepts in understanding sexuality and focuses on some important areas of contention, debate and power struggles, examining the most recent work and future approaches to the study of sexuality. Themes and topics addressed include: Reproductive Justice, Queer Theory, Clerical abuse of children, Prostitution in Ireland and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) issues.