06.Crime and Punishment
This module will provide a deeper insight into the criminal (in)justice system as Activist Mirriam Kaba calls it, and explore how it evolved over time and the way it plays out in our current day and age where the process becomes the punishment.
The module will connect the criminal (in)justice system with the human rights framework and analyse how the current punitive model is failing mostly, explore alternatives to prison systems to reimagine the world without prisons, a goal advocated by many human rights activists including feminist, anti-racism, prison-abolitionist activist and scholar, Angela Davis.
It will also analyse the criminal (in)justice system from a feminist, SRHR and safe abortion rights perspective, and identify the impact of criminalization and legal restrictions on safe abortion rights. The course will explore different approaches to justice, such as, legalization versus decriminalization and revisit other movements for important lessons on decriminalization.
It will use the transformative and reproductive justice frameworks to explore alternative justice systems that challenges our current punitive and vengeance model of (in)justice and help us move towards understanding the urgent need for restorative and more holistic justice systems.
This advanced level knowledge is critical for anyone working in sexual and reproductive health and rights issues, especially those working on safe abortion rights, public health, public policy, international human rights, programme managers, healthcare providers, legal professionals and human rights advocates, activists or volunteers.
Whether you are new to the safe abortion rights movement as an advocate or looking to uplevel your knowledge for improving your capacity as researcher, programme manager, policy maker, public health expert, health care provider, trainer, doctor, nurse, clinic, manager, lawyer, whether in NGO sector, academia or working with the government, this course is for you!
This is also for you if you work in
- sexual and reproductive health and rights
- safe abortion rights,
- family planning and contraception programmes,
- sex workers’ rights,
- adolescent girls’ issues,
- child marriage prevention,
- refugee and migrant crisis work,
- intersections with disability rights,
- LGBTQ+ rights,
- GBV and IPV