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Title: Prevention and Management of Gender Based Violence (PM-GBV)
Keywords: Sexual & reproductive health
Violence / war
Human rights
Gender & health
Behavioral aspects (in gen.)
Country: Indonesia
Institution: Indonesia - Post Graduate Programme, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta
Course coordinator: Prof. Siswanto Agus Wilopo, M.D., M.Sc., Sc.D.
Date start: 2021-11-30
Date end: 2021-12-11
About duration and dates: Number of weeks: 4 weeks (pre-reading:1 weeks, face-to-face:2 weeks, final assignments:1 weeks )
Classification: advanced optional
Mode of delivery: Face to face
Course location: Post Graduate Building,
Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada,
Jl. Farmaco 1, Gedung IKM Lantai 1,
Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 55281
ECTS credit points: 5 ECTS credits
SIT: 5 ECTS credits

SIT: 150 hours
Contact hours: 80 (50 hours lectures in class face-to-face,
30 hours facilitated discussion by teaching assistants)

Self-directed learning: 45 hours
Pre-test: 1 hour
Midterms: 1 hours
Examination: 3 hours
Writing Final Paper: 20 hours
Language: English
Description:
At the end of this course students should be able to:

1. Critically analyzes context, trends and vulnerabilities related to Gender Based Violence (GBV) in its humanitarian context;
2. Appraise root causes and contributing factors for GBVs and the consequences of GBV on women and girls, family members and the wider community,
3. Demonstrates knowledge of current GBV prevention theory and identifies and applies appropriate GBV prevention and behavior change strategies at different stages of the humanitarian response,
4. Demonstrate the principles of case management and can apply to GBV programs, including sexual exploitation and violence, and
5. Demonstrates knowledge of and can implement multi-sectorial response to GBV (includes health, psychosocial support, safety/ security, and legal response)
Assessment Procedures:
Students will take pre-test as soon as they are enrolled in the course (1 hour). This pre-test will evaluate the students’ preparation for the course.

At the end of first week students will take the midterms test (1 hour). The final examination will be conducted at the end of the course (3 hours).

Each student has to write a systematic review on one of the following issues: -measurement of burden of GBV, -risk factors of GBV, -prevention or- management of GBV for women. The topic of the final paper will be discussed between student and facilitator. The systematic review should be based on peer review articles published after the year 2000. Paper should be written no more than 3,500 words and should be submitted 7 days after lectures have ended.

The assessment of this course is weighted as follows:

1. Pre-test : 10%
2. Midterm : 20%
3. Final exam : 20%
4. Final Paper : 50%

If the student does not achieve more than 60%, another final paper should be submitted within 2 weeks after grade announcement.
Content:

The course covers following topics:

1. An introduction to GBV and explores core concepts that create an enabling environment for violence, including during humanitarian crisis,
2. The root causes and some of the consequences of GBV,
3. GBV and fundamental concept of human righ,
4. Applying a socio-ecological model to GBV within humanitarian contex,
5. The key concepts and basic principles of reporting on gender-based violence,
6. GBVs prevention and response and ways to seek redress for GBV,
7. Health impacts as well as frameworks for understanding the prevalence, risk factors and prevention strategies,
8. What survivors need and how to go about providing prevention and management to them,
9. The principles of case management GBV programs, and
10. Basic knowledge needed for multi-sectoral response (health, psychosocial support, safety/security, and legal response).
Methods:
Students will receive course materials 7 days in advance. Students should read the materials received as a self-directed learning for 15 hours prior to the course commencing.

There will be 50 hours of interactive lectures in the class (10 sessions: 5 hours in the morning for 10 working days).

Tutorials and class discussion will be 3 hours per day in the late afternoon for 10 working days.

Students are required to undertake self-directed learning for 30 hours after courses has commenced until the course is completed.

Pre-test, exam and midterm: 5 hours.

Preparing the final paper for 20 hours.
Prerequisites:
Students must be enrolled in an MPH or M.Sc. programme at the postgraduate level at a university recognized by the Indonesian Ministry of Research and Higher Education.

Students are required to have completed of core Public Health courses on health policy and planning, behaviour and social science, epidemiology, biostatistics and research methodologies.

English Proficiencies:

Certificate for English TOEFL test with at least a score of 550 points (paper based) or 213 points (computer-based) or 79/80 (internet-based) or IELTS band 6.0.
Attendance:
The maximum number of students that may enrol in this course is 20 students; the maximum number of MPH students is 15 students and the maximum number of TropEd students is 5 students.
Selection:
Preference will be given to student who is going to work in the Low and Middle Income Countries. The selection team of Post Graduate Program will make assessment of the student eligibility.
Fees:
The tuition fee is 500 euro; excluding living costs
Scholarships: Not-Available
tropEd accreditation: This course was accredited in January 2019, in Lisbon. This accreditation is valid until Januray 2024.
Date Of Record Creation: 2019-02-15 10:35:42 (W3C-DTF)
Date Of Record Release: 2019-02-15 15:42:32 (W3C-DTF)
Date Record Checked: 2019-02-15 (W3C-DTF)
Date Last Modified: 2021-11-20 22:49:11 (W3C-DTF)

Fifteen years of the tropEd Masters in International Health programme: what has it delivered? Results of an alumni survey of masters students in international health

L. Gerstel1, P. A. C. Zwanikken1, A. Hoffman2, C. Diederichs3, M. Borchert3 and B. Peterhans2

1 Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2 Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
3 Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charite – Universit€atsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany