Creator: Özge Savaş
Duration: 1 – 2 class periods
Published: Summer 2020
Overview
In this lesson, students will learn to identify gender-based violence in its various forms, articulate global feminist perspectives, and analyze the roles of cultural and legal transformation in addressing gender-based violence.
Keywords: Gender-Based Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Domestic Violence, Cultural Relativism, Humanistic vs. Feminist Approach
Country sites: Brazil, China, India, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Russia, USA
Learning Objectives
- Identify the visible and invisible forms of violence, and characteristics of abusive relationships.
- Discuss the relationships among gender, power and control.
- Discuss the differences and similarities in how various countries addressed (or did not address) issues related to gender-based violence.
- Analyze violence by adopting a gender perspective.
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Activities
Activity One: See the Invisible This activity helps students to start thinking about the definition of gender-based violence by approaching it from multiple angles. With this activity, students are encouraged to think about visible and invisible forms violence takes, how/when specific acts or behaviors are named as violent acts, and the role of power and gender in violence. Duration: 25 minutes | Download Materials |
Activity Two: Adopting a Gender Perspective This activity allows students to more deeply engage with the meaning of gender-based violence by helping them make the differentiation between humanistic approaches and feminist approaches to violence. Duration: 25 minutes | Download Materials |
Activity Three: Culture & Violence This activity explores cultural relativism vs. universalism in relation to gender-based violence. Duration: 45 minutes | Download Materials |
Assessment: Domestic Violence Laws in Context This assignment encourages students to work on an essay individually and seek answers to the questions “Why do we need laws to address gender-based violence?” and “Why are laws only part of the solution?” | Download Materials |
