The objectives of Module Two are to:
- Develop an understanding of the concept and workings of the political economy as a tool for framing a critical analysis of health inequity and the challenge for advancing social change.
- Elevate our understanding of health as a human right and practically observe how this basic human right is being undermined in the South African context through applying a political economy lens.
- Deepen our analysis of neoliberal capitalism and its survival, through critically understanding its impact on health systems and the undermining of health as a public good, with an express focus on its generational, gendered, racial and class impact.
- Begin the journey of exploring alternatives through the experiences of health systems and movements in the global south; historically through to present day struggles, and what this means for leadership for social change.
- Build on our social change initiative work by exploring different leadership contexts for social change, with practical examples in the health sector, and the effects thereof.