Course Curriculum

• Introduction to Gender

  • Introduction
    30 min
  • The concepts of gender and development
    30 min
  • Why gender?
    30 min
  • Basic concepts of gender equality
    30 min
  • Ways and means of reducing gender inequality
    30 min
  • Definitions of basic gender and gender-based violence concepts and terminology
    30 min
  • GBV Assignment 1
    Unlimited Time

• Understanding Gender-based Violence

  • Introduction
    30 min
  • Understanding gender-based violence
    30 min
  • Historical background of gender-based violence
    30 min
  • Differentiating violence against women and girls from GBV
    30 min
  • Types of gender-based violence
    30 min
  • Basic facts about violence against women
    30 min
  • Gender-based violence as a human rights violation
    30 min
  • GBV Assignment 2
    Unlimited Time

• Gender Analysis and Frameworks

  • Introduction
    30 min
  • The concept of gender analysis
    30 min
  • The benefits of gender analysis
    30 min
  • Gender analysis frameworks
    30 min
  • How to choose a framework
    30 min
  • How to conduct gender analysis
    30 min
  • GBV Assignment 3
    Unlimited Time

• Gender Mainstreaming

  • What is gender mainstreaming
    30 min
  • The concept of gender mainstreaming
    30 min
  • Gender equality and sustainable development goals (SDGs)
    30 min
  • Sustainable development goals vs. Millennium development goals
    30 min
  • Gender mainstreaming best practices
    30 min
  • GBV Assignment 4
    Unlimited Time

• Action Against Gender-based Violence

  • Introduction
    30 min
  • Why is combatting gender-based violence so important?
    30 min
  • Levels of gender-based violence
    30 min
  • Causes of gender-based violence
    30 min
  • Effects of gender-based violence
    30 min
  • Factors contributing to gender-based violence
    30 min
  • The role of men in combatting gender-based violence
    30 min
  • Excerpts from the Rio Declaration: Global symposium on engaging men
    30 min
  • Facts and figures on gender-based violence
    30 min
  • GBV Assignment 5
    Unlimited Time

• International Legal Human Rights Framework Relating to Gender-based Violence

  • International agreements and frameworks
    30 min
  • Legal and political advances against gender-based violence
    30 min
  • Violence and human rights advances
    30 min
  • Strengths and limitations of the human rights framework
    30 min
  • International intruments aimed at eradicating gender-based violence
    30 min
  • Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
    30 min
  • Protocol to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons
    30 min
  • International legal instruments protecting women’s rights
    30 min
  • GBV Assignment 6
    Unlimited Time

• Final Assessment

  • GBVT Final Assessment
    Unlimited Time