Making Global Connections
WILL students regularly study abroad, and their abroad locations are as diverse as they are. WILL students have studied Arabic in Morocco, women’s economic development in Senegal, British women writers in England, biology in Turkey, women’s health and reproductive rights in Peru, gender relations in China and the history of aboriginal women in Australia.In WGSS 280 (Women and Work) students learn about contemporary issues facing working women from a critical, historically-informed perspective. As part of their study, students learn about globalization and the global prevalence of human trafficking and its effect on women.
As a result, one WILL student decided to direct her summer study abroad to learning more about this issue by studying at the Danish Institute for Study Abroad. As part of this Human Trafficking and Prostitution in Europe course, she studied the issue in Denmark and then conducted fieldwork in the Netherlands. Stateside, a group of students in WGSS 201 (WILL Colloquium) worked with her to start an anti-human trafficking organization on campus, Students Stopping the Trafficking of People (SSTOP).
