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Overview
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Syllabus
Course Objectives
The course is a key instrument in understanding the day-to-day work of future professionals involved in fighting gender based violence such as teachers, psychologists, educators, judges and lawyers. Students are expected to:
a) acquire a firm knowledge of the notion of gender violence, as a cross-cutting issue affecting the lives of victims from a diversity of dimensions including culture, education, health, economy, psychology;
b) acquire knowledge and awareness on legal scenario regarding gender-based violence and its psychological implications, also with the understanding of the system of support services, including economic support;
c) acquire knowledge in the understanding of programmes and activities eradicating gender-based violence;
d) acquire awareness that gender-based violence is a manifestation of discrimination, inequality and power relations of men and women;
e) strengthen awareness-raising with the aim of prevention in the fields of law, economy, social services, education, health, and media, cinema and publicity.
Course Prerequisites
No pre-requisites.
Teaching Methods
Lectures in Italian.
It also brings in expert professionals as trainers, such as judges, lawyers, professionals from women help center, counsellor for equal opportunity, professionals from health care units specialising in gender-based violence.
Students will be encouraged to participate actively in class and to give a written or an oral presentation on a topic set by, or negotiated with, professors.
Assessment Methods
Oral exam will be on the above cited book. The exam will assess: a firm knowledge of “gender based violence” and its evolution in the legal scenario or/and in the psico-logical scenario; the awareness of legal instruments and actors acting to combat gender based violence.
Exam content:
a) ATTENDING STUDENTS: text course (La violenza di genere dal Codice
rosso al Codice Rocco, a cura di B. Pezzini e A. Lorenzetti, Giappichelli, 2020), suggested readings, lesson materials or ppt slides.
Assessment includes the evaluation of class participation and of written and oral reports.
The final grade will be based on: 1. Participation in class; 2. written or oral report in class on a topic discussed with the instructor (optional); 3. Final oral exam.
b) NON ATTENDING STUDENTS
course texts (La violenza di genere dal Codice rosso al Codice Rocco, a cura di B. Pezzini e A. Lorenzetti, Giappichelli, 2020).
Erasmus students should inform the instructor of their enrollment in the course by sending an e-mail to: anna.lorenzetti@unibg.it
The evaluation will be on 30/30.
Contents
The course takes a multidisciplinary approach; its overall purpose is the understanding of the concept of gender-based violence in its various forms.
Course contents:
a) Notion of Gender based violence: definitions, legal scenario, sociological, psychological, economic approach;
b) gender violence as a form of gender discrimination; the persistence of violence against women;
c) the origin and transmission of gender violence; language as an instrument of discrimination; the representation of gender violence
d) the victims of gender violence: the offender/the perpetrator and the victims;
e) gender based violence in the family context (domestic violence and assisted violence) and in workplace (sexual harassment);
f); gender violence against migrant women and women from minority groups.
The course has a strong basis in equality principle and gender analysis and it benefits from specialist expert.
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More information
More informations: anna.lorenzetti@unibg.it