UM SPH Academic Courses

HBEHED603 Population Change: Gender, Family & Fertility in Africa and Asia

Winter term(s)

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Snow, Rachel

Prerequisites: Permission of instructor required.

Description: This seminar will review causes and consequences of recent demographic change in Africa and Asia, highlighting emerging trends in gender, family formation and fertility. An exploration of general global and regional trends will be followed by in-depth case-study of five countries: India, China, Burkina Faso, South Africa and Zimbabwe. In each case we will reflect on the relative contributions of demographic pressure, population policies and programs, the international womens movement, and the continuing AIDS epidemic, to the observed trends in sexual behavior, gender norms, marriage, and fertility.

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