Course Overview
GBV is understood to include physical and emotional sexual abuse for women, and acts such as trafficking women for sexual slavery and exploitation.
Gender-based violence is globally being recognized as a serious problem, both because of the morbidity and mortality associated with assault and but also the long-term impact on the health and well-being of affected individuals.
Recent reports by the World Bank have highlighted gender-based violence as a priority and precedence for public health. Development partners and practitioners are therefore supposed to play a key role in preventing violence against women.
Gender Based Violence contributes to chronic pain, gynecologic problems, depression, dysfunctional families, post-traumatic stress disorder and, in some cases suicide.
This course aims to build the capacity of learners to undertake programs targeted at eradicating gender-based violence and to develop a new movement and societal standards for gender equality and equity in all spheres of life.
Course Content
- What is gender?
- Understanding the importance of gender
- Gender concepts and terminology
- Gender-based violence
- Concept of violence
- Types of gender-based violence
- Gender and Human Rights
- Ways of Combating Gender-based Violence
- Addressing GBV
- Advocacy, negotiation, and communication skills
- Existing national and institutional action to combat gender-based
- Gender, development and violence
- Gender and Socialization
- What is Gender Mainstreaming?
- Overview of Gender Mainstreaming
- The Concept of Gender Mainstreaming
- The Role of Men in Gender Mainstreaming
- Gender Mainstreaming and the Sustainable Development Goals (MDGs)
- Gender Mainstreaming Best practices
- Gender, development and violence
- GBV from a human rights perspective
- Gender analysis
- Elements of gender analysis
Assignments
In order to demonstrate their understanding of the course content, students will be required to complete and submit three assignments.
DURATION: 6 Months
REGIONS TARGETED: Global
COURSE FEE: €1000
ORGANIZERS: GRI
LANGUAGE: English and French
FORMAT: Online Learning
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