POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN EMERGENCIES

POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN EMERGENCIES

Course Overview

Gender-based violence (GBV) has been recognized as a cross-cutting issue affecting the lives of victims from a diversity of dimensions including culture, education, health, economy, psychology, livelihoods, and political participation. Violence against women and girls was chosen as one of the critical areas of action following the Beijing Conference. This presents a key opportunity for different players, including government agencies, NGOs, United Nations agencies, and other institutions, to build an understanding of issues of violence and undertake activities to combat violence. This online course is imperative to build this understanding and initiate and strengthen programs combating gender-based violence.
The course also features several exercises and reflective activities designed to examine the concepts of gender, gender-based violence, sexuality, and rights. It will further explore the impact of gender-based violence on education, health, and development.
This advanced course is aimed at building the capacity and commitment of participants to undertake programs targeted at eradicating gender-based violence and developing a new movement for gender equality.

Thematic Areas

Module 1: Introduction to Gender-Based Violence
Module 2: Law and Human Rights in GBV
Module 3: GBV Assessments in Emergencies
Module 4: GBV and Health Care
Module 5: Case Management
Module 6: Psychosocial support and empowerment
Module 7: Gender Transformative Approaches to GBV
Module 8: Gender Mainstreaming
Module 9: GBV Risk Mitigation in Emergencies
Module 10: The protection of refugees and their right to seek asylum
Module 11: Coordination of GVB in emergencies
Module 12: Gender-Based Violence Information Management System (GBVIMS).

Course Assignments

Merits

Upon successful completion of the course, the participant will receive a Post Graduate Certificate of Merit and a transcript.

How long is the course?

The course duration is one academic year.

What are the expected Learning Outcomes?

The course is centered on feminist and gender equality principles, rights-based and survivor-based approaches, and the Interagency Minimum Standards for GBViE work across research, policy-making, programme design, and implementation.

By the end of the course, learners will be able to:

1. Coordinate GBV interventions in emergencies

2. Mitigate risks for GBV in emergencies

3. Offer psychosocial support to survivors

4. Provide health care interventions to GBV survivors

5. Offer and or link GBV survivors to legal support

6. Provide livelihood support and empowerment to individuals and communities

7. Conduct ethical research in the context of GBViE

What will be the mode of study?

The programme will be fully online and shall be delivered in an innovative model that combines interactive virtual lectures, self-directed learning through online course modules, and online course assignments and evaluation.

What is the cost of this course? 700 USD

What are the course start dates? 1 of every month