Understanding Violence Against Women: Myths and Realities

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Understanding Violence Against Women: Myths and Realities
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  2. Prerequisites & Facts
  3. Cost, Certificate & Degree
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What is the course about?

Understanding Violence Against Women: Myths and Realities
The course Understanding Violence Against Women: Myths and Realities is an online class provided by University of Strathclyde through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Learn how to challenge attitudes that lead to violence against women and develop your knowledge of this human rights issue.

Course description
  • Be part of a movement to end violence against women
  • 6 weeks
  • The United Nations considers violence against women to be a grave violation of human rights of epidemic proportions.
  • Such violence has profoundly negative consequences for individuals, communities and entire societies. This is why preventing violence against women is a priority issue for governments and societies around the world.
  • On this course you will learn about the roots of violence against women, the principles of gender inequality at its centre and most importantly, how to challenge entrenched attitudes that impact women.
  • Join the movement to end violence against women today.
  • Key concepts – Gender, Power and Violence
  • Defining and explaining Violence Against Women
  • Impact of Violence Against Women from a range of perspectives
  • Media and Cultural representations of Violence Against Women
  • Public and Professional responses to Violence Against Women
  • Preventing Violence Against Women – national and international approaches
  • A deeper understanding of the origins and concepts of Violence Against Women in private and public life as currently defined
  • A developed awareness of the nature and extent of Violence Against Women in private and public life
  • A critical approach to societal views, attitudes and responses to Violence Against Women
  • An informed understanding of the impact of Violence Against Women on individuals, families and communities
  • An awareness of examples of good practice and strategies for preventing Violence Against Women
  • This course is for anyone interested in challenging and preventing violence against women, you don’t need any prior experience of the topic.
  • University of Strathclyde
  • The University of Strathclyde is a leading international technological university located in Glasgow, Scotland’s biggest city, committed to useful learning.
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Prerequisites & Facts

Understanding Violence Against Women: Myths and Realities

Course Topic

Science, Teaching & Academics, Text Mining

University, College, Institution

University of Strathclyde

Course Skill Level

see course summary

Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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Degree & Cost

Understanding Violence Against Women: Myths and Realities

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / University of Strathclyde you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.
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