1.
Myanmar
Summer
Ins-tute
June
8
–
June
19,
2015

2.
Myanmar
Summer
Ins-tute
2015
• "Human Rights-Based Approaches to
Health and Development”
– Loca-on:
Yangon,
Myanmar
– Dates:
June
8
–
19,
2015

3.
Instructors
• Dr.
Elke
Johanna
de
Buhr
• Dr.
William
Bertrand

4.
An
Introduc-on
to
Yangon,
Myanmar

5.
Course
Overview:
Human
Rights-­‐Based
Approaches
to
Health
&
Development
• Myanmar
has
only
recently
emerged
from
decades
of
military
rule
with
a
series
of
limited
democraGc
reforms
• Despite
some
signs
of
change,
the
level
of
health
and
development
remain
poor
and
human
rights
abuses
are
common
• One
of
Asia’s
least
developed
countries
(ranked
150
out
of
187
countries
on
the
Human
Development
Index),
Myanmar
faces
enormous
challenges
in
moving
forward

6.
Human
Rights-­‐Based
Approaches
to
Health
&
Development
(cont.)
• The
purpose
of
this
course
is
to
provide
students
with
knowledge
and
skills
in
designing
and
implemenGng
health
and
development
intervenGons
using
human
rights-­‐based
approaches
• Popular
among
UN
organizaGons
and
other
internaGonal
actors,
human
rights-­‐based
approaches
apply
“internaGonal
human
rights
values,
principles,
standards
and
goals
in
all
stages
of
policy,
program
and
project
formulaGon”
(UNDP)

7.
Human
Rights-­‐Based
Approaches
to
Health
&
Development
(cont.)
• Visit
internaGonal,
governmental
and
civil
society
organizaGons
involved
in
human
rights,
health
and
development
in
Myanmar
and
the
broader
Southeast
Asian
region
• Learn
through
discussions
with
public
health
and
human
rights
experts,
lectures
and
individual
research
• Examine
a
health
or
development
problem
of
your
choice
and
propose
soluGons
to
specific
problems
within
the
local
context

8.
Course
Logis-cs
• Teaching:
– Lectures,
incl.
guest
speakers
(mostly
in
the
mornings)
– Site
visits/field
trips,
and
group
work
(mostly
aaernoons,
someGmes
all
day)
• Housing
and
Meals:
– Housing
to
be
confirmed
(expect
single
rooms
in
a
nice
but
simple
locaGon
or
shared
rooms
in
a
fancier
hotel
-­‐-­‐-­‐
contact
instructors
with
quesGons)
– Included
meals:
Breakfast,
lunch,
and
two
coffee
breaks

9.
Field
Trips
Shwedagon
Pagoda
Hlawga
NaGonal
Park
NaGonal
Races
Village

10.
Ques-ons?
For
further
informaGon
please
contact:
Elke
de
Buhr
(edebuhr@tulane.edu)