Advocacy Courses and Certifications

Do-It-Yourself Disability Advocacy - Approaches by Students and Faculty

Students and faculty share approaches to disability advocacy, with a focus on intersectional support and strategic partnerships for meaningful change.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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SLP and Advocacy - Introduction to Professional Advocacy in Speech-Language Pathology

Explore SLP advocacy, including ASHA, licensing boards, and legislative processes. Gain insights into professional development and policy influence for speech-language pathologists.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Learn Malala’s framework for influencing change: Research issues, build a strategy, take action, and create an impact right where you are.

• MasterClass
• 1 hour 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Rights and Health in the Digital Age:Protection and Advocacy

Examine digital human rights and health: international frameworks and WHO digital health standards, case studies from Colombia and Vietnam, plus privacy and digital security practices.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Negotiation & Organizational Advocacy for Female Leaders

Map negotiation and advocacy opportunities as a woman leader: analyze BATNAs and power sources, plan value-creating asks, lead difficult compensation conversations, and build sponsors and allies.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Negotiation Strategies for Women's Advocacy (Live Online)

This course is designed to help women strengthen their confidence and effectiveness as advocates, negotiators, and changemakers.

• CourseHorse
• 7 hours
• Self-Paced
• $649.00

Public Health Advocacy Academy

Public health is under attack. Billions of dollars in public health funding have been cut, crucial laws have been revoked–yet public health students aren’t always taught how to understand and create p

• edX
• 12 weeks, 1-2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work

9 ratings at OpenLearn

Learn to design, conduct, analyze, and present ethical research that supports policy proposals and advocacy aimed at influencing laws, regulations, and decision makers.

• OpenLearn
• 8 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Interprofessional Grand Rounds Webinar Series Addressing Sexual Violence: Working Together to Support Survivors (Title IX & College Advocacy) Session 3 of 4

Reviews Title IX’s 2020 Final Rule and campus advocacy roles in coordinated support for survivors of sexual violence.

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Interprofessional Grand Rounds Webinar Series Addressing Sexual Violence: Working Together to Support Survivors (Advocacy) Session 1 of 4

Examines how advocacy and community partners work together to support survivors of sexual violence and improve outcomes.

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Nursing Grand Rounds Nursing Advocacy: How YOU Can Make a Difference

Explore how nurses can use their trusted voice beyond clinical care to advocate for health policy changes that improve patient care.

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Ending Violence Through Human Rights Advocacy

Learn how to end violence through advocacy. This course explores how violence is shaped by militarisation, inequality, and gender norms, and how global and regional frameworks such as CEDAW and the Wo

• edX
• 9 weeks, 5-8 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Career Certificate

Negotiation Strategies for Women's Advocacy

Explore how gender dynamics shape negotiation while building advocacy, influence, and workplace negotiation skills.

• Graduate School USA
• Self-Paced
• $649.00

Refugee & Asylum Advocacy: Legal Frameworks for Protection

13 ratings at Coursera

Examine refugee and asylum law: the 1951 Convention refugee definition, durable solutions, U.S. affirmative and defensive asylum processes, and post-resettlement paths to residence and citizenship.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Social Media Marketing and Brand Advocacy

37 ratings at Coursera

Plan and execute social media strategies: apply the RACE Framework, build buyer personas, optimize Facebook and Instagram pages, and manage the customer lifecycle.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 3 courses