Social Work in Gender-Based Violence

The Social Work in Gender-Based Violence program, offered by the Division of Continuing Education at Blackwell Global University in partnership with the Universidad Autónoma de Chile, aims to provide the essential knowledge needed to understand gender perspectives and equal opportunity. This work will be crucial in advancing women's rights in all societies and promoting equitable growth. 

300 hours

30 credits

Social Work in Gender-Based Violence

The Social Work in Gender-Based Violence program, offered by the Division of Continuing Education at Blackwell Global University in partnership with the Universidad Autónoma de Chile, aims to provide the essential knowledge needed to understand gender perspectives and equal opportunity. This work will be crucial in advancing women's rights in all societies and promoting equitable growth.

300 hours

30 credits

November 4

Start Date


20 Weeks

Duration


Online

Mode


$900

Investment


Graduate profile

The graduate of the Social Work in Gender-Based Violence program is capable of providing technical advice to judges, assessing the risk to victims, and ensuring the safety of women and their children.

Program Objectives

The main goal of the Diploma is to acquire and update tools to participate in the creation of strategies and policies that promote gender equality, bringing a gender perspective to all aspects of life in society. 

  • Identify the phases of gender-based violence and the process of awareness, breaking free, and overcoming it.

  • Apply social work diagnosis and intervention techniques in addressing situations of gender violence.

  • Design comprehensive intervention plans to address gender-based violence.

  • Identify challenges arising from the intervention process and establish professional self-care mechanisms

Methodology:

Asynchronous Classes
Self-Assessments
Readings and Slides

Modules:

Modules:

Gender-based violence as a social phenomenon

  • Gender as a social construct
  • Conceptualizations of gender-based violence
  • Social inequalities and gender-based violence
  • The gender-based violence triangle
  • Types of gender-based violence
  • Spaces where gender-based violence is reproduced
  • Intersectionality and gender-based violence
  • The cycle of violence
  • Social actors involved in the identification, prevention, and approach to gender-based violence
  • The importance of recording and measuring for decision-making
  • Barriers to addressing gender-based violence
  • Case analysis  

Promoting gender equality in social intervention

  • Distinctions between equality, gender equity, and social justice
  • Deepening the concept of gender equality
  • Theoretical and practical implications of gender equality
  • Substantive equality
  • The situation of women and LGBTIQ+ people worldwide
  • Lifecourse perspective in promoting gender equality
  • Gender equality in the context of human rights
  • International legal framework for gender equality
  • The role of gender equality in sustainable development
  • Mainstreaming gender equality in social interventions
  • Challenges of public policies for promoting gender equality
  • International best practices in gender equality  

Strategies for social intervention in gender-based violence

  • Conceptualization of gender-based violence
  • Explanatory theories of gender-based violence
  • Legal framework and public policies in gender-based violence intervention
  • Social work in gender-based violence intervention
  • Risk assessment and early detection of gender-based violence
  • Comprehensive care for victims of gender-based violence
  • Intervention with perpetrators of gender-based violence
  • Network collaboration and inter-institutional coordination
  • Education and awareness on gender-based violence
  • Intervention in gender-based violence in the workplace
  • Intersectional perspective in gender-based violence intervention
  • Research and evaluation of social interventions in gender-based violence  

Strategies for social intervention with the environment

  • Environmental analysis in gender-based violence intervention
  • Social movements and activism against gender-based violence
  • Promoting citizen participation in the prevention and care of gender-based violence
  • Awareness and education for social change
  • Intervention in family and community settings
  • Prevention of gender-based violence in educational settings
  • Intervention in workplace and organizational settings
  • Intervention in the health sector
  • Intervention in judicial and legal settings
  • Intervention in gender-based violence in migratory contexts
  • Intervention in gender-based violence in rural settings
  • Evaluation and systematization of social intervention experiences  

Gender-based violence (Coursera Module)

  • Gender-based violence
  • Types and forms of gender-based violence
  • The spiral of domestic and intimate partner violence  

Additional Certification 

As part of our program's curriculum, we have included the course "Gender-Based Violence", taught by professors from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Upon completion of the course, you will receive an additional certification from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, thanks to our international partnership with Coursera for Campus.

Additional Certification 

As part of our program's curriculum, we have included the course "Gender-Based Violence", taught by professors from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Upon completion of the course, you will receive an additional certification from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, thanks to our international partnership with Coursera for Campus.

Investment:

Investment:

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