Summer School Reproductive Health & Rights
Name of the activity: Summer School Reproductive Health & Rights
Country/NMO: Belgium (BeMSA)
Program: Realizing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Contact information: [email protected]
Type of the activity: Education. Education on health issues for specific societal groups, either in the form of projects (set of tasks for a certain group over a fixed period of time), events (something notable that happens) or conferences (form meeting about ideas related to a particular topic, usually over several days).
General description:
Worldwide, reproductive health is an important topic within the actual context of
globalization. The Summer School ‘Reproductive Health and Right’ aims to play a
leading role in bringing attention to this subject on an international level, which is
heavily neglected in the current medical education and training.
Objectives:
• Further close collaboration and encourage the intercultural discussion and exchange
of information, with respect to other’s beliefs and grounds
• Emphasizing the internationally recognized Sustainable Development Goals and the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Promotion of an insufficiently covered but highly relevant subject within present
society
• Training in multidisciplinary consideration of health
Focus area:
Comprehensive Sexuality Education
Problem statement:
Worldwide, reproductive health is an important topic within the
actual context of human rights. There are vast differences between nations and cultures
regarding reproductive health. Some well-known examples are planned parenthood,
abortion, circumcision, maternal leave and many more. As there are many perspectives
on these problems, it is difficult to fully understand them. This understanding is
required if we want to act on these existing problems accordingly.
Target groups:
Medical students, Healthcare Students, Other Students, Doctors, Other health professionals
Beneficiaries:
General population, Doctors, Other health professionals, Children, Women
Objectives and indicators of success:
• Further close collaboration and encourage the intercultural discussion and exchange
of information, with respect to other’s beliefs and grounds
• Emphasizing the internationally recognized Sustainable Development Goals and the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Promotion of an insufficiently covered but highly relevant subject within present
society
• Training in multidisciplinary consideration of health
• Create a social context in which both Belgian and foreign students are offered a chance
to discover Belgium and get to know each other in an informal way
Methodology:
• By offering an easy accessible all-included experience in which an educational and
social program are included, as well as food and accommodation.
• By providing scientific based courses, brought by experts in their field of study. Most relevant health concerns in relation to migration are highlighted in a structure of 5 themes throughout the Summer School.
• Students will participate actively by ‘blended learning’: resolve a case study, visit an
abortion clinic, discussion in a world café, prepare and bring a short presentation
concerning a discussed subject and interactive classes.
• Create an informal atmosphere by means of a social program to boost interaction
between the international company of students. E.g.: visit to Bruges, International
Cooking Event, sports activities, eating together and more.
Plans for evaluation:
There is a permanent evaluation, which requires constant active participation during the whole program. At the end of the course the participants are required to give a short presentation of their case studies which will be evaluated by a divers panel and the other participants.
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