Cancelled 24-H209 Women’s Current Challenges in Accessing Reproductive Health and Rights – Marieliv Flores Villalobos

NOTE: This course was cancelled due to low enrollment

In this introductory course, we will explore how governments in North and South America still limit and deny access to reproductive health and rights to women. We will identify the different strategies used and some of the current policies that target women’s bodies. We will analyze the main notions of sexual and reproductive health, within a feminist and social justice framework. That will allow us to deepen our knowledge of the social structures that target women’s bodies in contemporary times, with a special focus on forced sterilization and abortion. Moreover, we will have the opportunity to discuss case studies regarding access to reproductive health and justice.

Instructor:  Marieliv Flores Villalobos

Marieliv Flores Villalobos is a Health Promotion and Socio-behavioural Sciences PhD student at the University of Alberta. She holds a Master’s degree in Women’s Studies from the University of Ottawa. Her current research focuses on sexual health, reproductive justice, gender, and technology. Her work engages with critical analysis of the relation between biopower and intersectionality. In her work, she explores the notion of sexual health, investigates the use of technology from a feminist perspective, and co-develops strategies for more accessible use of technology for groups in vulnerable situations.