The module explores women’s experiences of development in different parts of the world (including Australia, India, Japan, Kenya, Russia, Singapore, Sweden and Zimbabwe). It also explores ways in which women from a number of countries are working to promote sustainable development in their communities and how these ideas may be integrated into a teaching programme.

Topics addressed include the global patterns of women’s health and of education for women and girls, and the agenda for women’s empowerment developed by the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995.