SDG 5: Gender Courses and Certifications

Education for All: Disability, Diversity and Inclusion

101 reviews

On this course you will learn about inclusive education, understanding what barriers there are to learning and how to challenge them.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

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The Age of Sustainable Development

14 reviews

The Age of Sustainable Development" gives students an understanding of the key challenges and pathways to sustainable development - that is, economic development that is also socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable.

• Coursera
• 30 hours worth of material, 14 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

International Women's Health and Human Rights

5 reviews

This course focuses on women’s health and human rights issues from infancy through old age, including information about positive interventions relating to those issues. Learners are encouraged to interact with each other through interactive discussions.

• Coursera
• 58 hours worth of material, 10 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Essentials of Global Health

1902 ratings at Coursera

Essentials of Global Health is a comprehensive introduction to global health. The course will be global in coverage but with a focus on low- and middle-income countries, the health of the poor, and health disparities.

• Coursera
• 70 hours worth of material, 10 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Public Health Perspectives on Sustainable Diets

175 ratings at Coursera

This short course looks at the urgent need to address the sustainability of our food systems, including better understanding the complex relationship between diet and climate change.

• Coursera
• 7-8 hours worth of material, 3 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Leading Diverse Teams & Organizations

301 ratings at Coursera

Gain practical tools to lead diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams with this 4-week course from the University of Michigan. Learn to identify bias, act as an ally, and implement DEI strategies.

• Coursera
• 22 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Health Across the Gender Spectrum

2 reviews

This course offers an intimate, story-based introduction to the experiences of six transgender children and their families. Through illustrated stories and short teaching videos, learners will gain a better understanding of gender identity and the gender…

• edX
• 1-2 hours a week, 1 week long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Challenge of World Poverty (Spring 2011)

This is a course for those who are interested in the challenge posed by massive and persistent world poverty, and are hopeful that economists might have something useful to say about this challenge.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 25 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Poverty & Population: How Demographics Shape Policy

138 ratings at Coursera

The course is part of a sequence in social policy that has an HONORS TRACK. This course addresses issues of power, oppression, and white supremacy.

• Coursera
• 12 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to Sustainability

16 reviews

This course introduces the academic approach of Sustainability and explores how today’s human societies can endure in the face of global change, ecosystem degradation and resource limitations.

• Coursera
• 25 hours worth of material, 8 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

America's Poverty and Inequality Course

1 review

Explore poverty and inequality in the US with Stanford University's 9-week course. Learn from top scholars through short, jargon-free videos and comprehensive readings.

• edX
• 2-4 hours a week, 9 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Global Health: An Interdisciplinary Overview

460 ratings at Coursera

Explore global health challenges from multiple disciplines in this 8-week course from the University of Geneva. Gain insights from medicine, public health, law, economics, and more.

• Coursera
• 19 hours worth of material, 8 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Queering Identities: LGBTQ+ Sexuality and Gender Identity

652 ratings at Coursera

Explore LGBTQ+ history and activism in a 6-week course by the University of Colorado System, focusing on civil rights, equality, and justice.

• Coursera
• 20 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

University of Copenhagen

Urbanisation and Health - Promoting Sustainable Solutions

131 ratings at Coursera

In this course, you will learn about the key determinants of urban health including demography, climate change, air pollution, noise, transport systems, public and blue and green spaces, and policies and investments affecting sense of community and publi…

• Coursera
• 26 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

900 ratings at Coursera

Diversity is a fact. It is also paradoxical. We need to be capable of seeing and hearing differences in order to reap the benefits of diversity. But seeing and hearing differences hone our discriminating reflexes and can also lead to discrimination.

• Coursera
• 10 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)