SIT Study Abroad: India: Public Health, Gender, & Sexuality
Understand how and why India's approaches to healthcare, gender, sexuality, and identity are changing.
WHY STUDY ABROAD IN INDIA?
India has a long and complex history of interventions in reproductive and sexual healthcare. Globalization, neoliberalism, and rapid societal changes are changing how India’s public health institutions approach the reproductive health of women and sexual minorities.
This program offers an opportunity to understand the place of women and sexual minorities in reproductive and sexual health settings. You will have access to SIT’s longstanding network of institutions and public health officials engaged in healthcare delivery and policymaking at national and international levels. In-person classroom sessions in New Delhi facilitated by health strategists, experts, and activists, coupled with field and institutional visits, will enable you to learn how reproductive epidemiology informs healthcare delivery for women and sexual minorities in rural and urban contexts. You will conduct fieldwork and engage with community-based organizations and advocacy groups in New Delhi, Goa, Himalayas, Kerala, and Maharashtra for a deeper dive into grassroots approaches to healthcare access. Through classroom teaching and immersive field study, you will gain knowledge and insights into innovations for inclusive and accessible reproductive and sexual healthcare in one of the most populated democracies in the world.
Please visit the SIT Study Abroad website for details on the program highlights and details of coursework, educational excursions, and housing.
MONEY MATTERS
SIT is an all-inclusively priced study abroad program – including academic costs, excursions, accommodations and meals, airport transfers, and health insurance. Be sure to discuss how study abroad costs are handled at your school with your study abroad advisor and read the website for more specific information.
SCHOLARSHIPS
SIT has awarded an average of over $1.3 million in scholarships and grants to SIT Study Abroad students in the past three years. All scholarships and grants are need-based. Awards generally range from $500 to $5,000.
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"I wanted a program that pushed me outside of my comfort zone and was not something I ever could have experienced in a classroom. This semester did that and more. I learned about healthcare practices and policy in India through an experiential-based model, doing workshops at long-functioning NGOs and speaking with doctors, midwives, and community health workers at District Hospitals and Community Health Centers; I spoke with people from the WHO and with Indian government officials; I led an independent study project by myself in rural Uttar Pradesh on maternal health access and outcomes. This program impacted my approach to my classes, education, and goals for a future career in healthcare back in the states, and led me to get a Fulbright-Nehru fellowship continuing public health research with connections I made during my independent study on the program."
CONTACT SIT STUDY ABROAD
· Visit our website: studyabroad.sit.edu
· Request more information or email us:studyabroad@sit.edu
· Call an admissions counselor: 888-272-7881
· Contact a former student.
· Apply to SIT
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