Welcome to Amnesty’s course on Confronting and Countering Gender-Based Violence!
Gender-based violence is a global pandemic that disproportionately affects women and girls, gender-nonconforming individuals and people of diverse gender identities and sexual orientations. In this online course, you will learn about the various forms of gender-based violence which constitutes a human rights violation and result from gender and other intersecting forms of discrimination and explore strategies for preventing and addressing it.
By the end of the course, you will be able to…
- Name the root causes of violence against women and girls
- Explain why violence against women and girls is a human rights issue
- Identify how to raise awareness of violence against women and girls and how to share this with others
Duration: 90 minutes
Certification: Certificate of Participation
You can find the course here: https://academy.amnesty.org/learn/courses/278/confronting-and-countering-gender-based-violence