This past summer, 10 Penn State undergraduates enrolled in WMNST 399: The Quest for Reproductive Justice in South Africa, an education abroad program led by Susanne M. Klausen, Brill Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies in the College of the Liberal Arts, and delivered by Penn State Global. A core component of the course was the research project. Working in small groups, the students produced original research for the South African Women’s Legal Centre, a widely respected team of lawyers who specialize in feminist litigation. Under the dedicated supervision of Jill Wood, teaching professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, who was the course’s co-leader, the students produced research on several issues of concern to the Women’s Legal Centre, such as the need for safe haven laws to address widespread child abandonment.

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