COURSE UNIT TITLE

: VIOLENCE AGAINST GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 7001 VIOLENCE AGAINST GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN COMPULSORY 2 0 0 8

Offered By

Women's Studies Non-thesis

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR AKÇA TOPRAK ERGÖNEN

Offered to

Women's Studies Non-thesis

Course Objective

The main objective of this course is to explain how gender structure and inequality affects violence against women and discuss the main causes and consequences of violence against women phenomena within the context of contemporary world and Turkey in particular.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to define the forms of violence against women
2   to be able to explain the dimensions and causes of violence against women
3   to be able to explain the relationship between gender and violence against women
4   to be able to gain a critical and interrogative viewpoint regarding violence against women and gender inequality
5   to be able to analyze the current structure in Turkey and the world regarding violence against women

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definitions and dimensions of violence against women
2 Birth and history of violence against women and its main causes
3 Violence against women from the perspective of gender
4 Violence against women in the world
5 Violence against women in Turkey
6 The kinds of domestic violence and its economic, political, sociocultural, family, individual and social dimensions and consequences
7 Solutions for struggling with violence against women
8 National Action Plan for struggling with violence against women
9 Decisions, strategies, programs and implementation dimensions to hinder violence against women in Turkey
10 Multidisciplinary approaches towards violence against women
11 Multidisciplinary approaches towards violence against women
12 Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and national law on protection of family and combating violence against women and its reflections

Recomended or Required Reading

Akar, T.; Aksakal, F. N.; Demirel, B.; Durukan, E. ve Özkan, S. (2010). The Prevalence ofDomestic Violence Against Women Among a Group Woman: Ankara, Turkey: Domestic Violence Against Women in Ankara. J Fam Viol, 25, 449 460.
Akın, A. (2008). Kadının Statüsü ve Sağlığı Ile Ilgili Gerçekler. KSGM, Ankara
Altınay, A. G. ve Arat, Y. (2007). Türkiyede kadına yönelik şiddet. Araştırma Raporu. Punto, Istanbul
http://research.sabanciuniv.edu/7029/1/TurkiyedeKadinaYonelikSiddet.pdf
Amargi (2008). Kadına Yönelik Şiddet: Nedenleri, Sonuçları. Erişim adresi:
http://www.amargi.org.tr/ q=node/156
Connell, R.W. (2003). The Role of Men and Boys in Achieving GenderEquality. Erişimtarihi: 29.07.2008, Erişim adresi: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/egm/menboys2003/Connell-bp.pdf.
Council of Europe. (2006). Combating violence against women: Stocktaking study on the
measures and actions taken in Council of Europe Member States, Strasbourg.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% attendance is obligatory.
2. Any kind of plagiarism will be subject to disciplinary action.
3. Preparation to weekly lectures (reading the respective material) and contribution to in class discussion is obligatory.
4. Students prepare presentations about topics given by the instructor.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 6 84
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 197

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.1343
LO.2344
LO.344443
LO.44444544
LO.53444

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