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Covers key issues in the development and evolution of gender as a social system across the life course, the role of norms in enforcing and reinforcing the gender system, and how gender interacts with sex, class, race, and other social determinants of health to impact health outcomes through interactive sessions with course instructors and expert guest lecturers. Discusses gender analysis and gender-transformative interventions. Examines women’s health issues related both to reproductive and non-reproductive health in low- and middle-income contexts with an emphasis on how gender systems influence health. Impacts across the gender spectrum are also discussed.