COURSE UNIT TITLE

: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN TERMS OF WOMEN'S HEALTH

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 7031 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN TERMS OF WOMEN'S HEALTH COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Women's Studies Non-thesis

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AKÇA TOPRAK ERGÖNEN

Offered to

Women's Studies Non-thesis

Course Objective

Awareness raising and reporting on the main cause of violence against women, risk factors, frequency, how this particular violence affects women's health and whole life, with which dynamics, prevention of violence, protection of women, recognition of health consequences and practices in our country and in the world within the scope of relevant national and international legal regulations to develop knowledge and attitudes. Gender inequality and our sexist prejudices; how it affects individual and social life, especially education and health, and how different professions will contribute to gender equality will be examined. In this context, the health effects of child marriages and adolescent pregnancies will be especially emphasized.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to be able to awareness about gender inequality
2   to be able to comprehend that the main reason for violence against women is gender equality
3   to be able to comprehend the effects of violence against women on individual and community health
4   be aware of specific types of violence such as sexual violence
5   to understand the health effects of child marriages and adolescent pregnancies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Questioning the concepts of gender equality/inequality
2 The relationship between gender inequality and violence
3 The main cause, risk factors, types, frequency of violence against women
4 Characteristics of violence against women
5 Health effects of violence against women
6 Students' homework presentations 1
7 Homework presentations 2 and MIDTERM EXAM
8 Sexual violence
9 Child marriages and adolescent pregnancies
10 Health effects of violence with case examples 1
11 Health effects of violence with case examples 2
12 Istanbul Convention
13 Istanbul Protocol
14 FINAL and course feedback

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s)/References/Materials:
https://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/ (Kadınlara Karşı Her Türlü Ayrımcılığın Önlenmesi Sözleşmesi)
https://rm.coe.int/1680462545 (Istanbul Sözleşmesi)

Akça Toprak Ergönen, Emin Biçen, Gökhan Ersoy, "COVID-19 Salgınında Ev Içi Şiddet", Adli Tıp Bülteni, 25/Covid-19 Özel sayı/48-57/2020, 2020.

Nilgün Özçakar, Akça Toprak Ergönen, Mehtap Kartal, Hakan Baydur, "Adaptation, reliability, and validity study of the Hwalek'sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test (H-S/EAST): a Turkish version", Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences, 47/-/1-9/2017, 2017.

Özçakar N, Yeşiltepe G, Karaman G, Toprak Ergönen A, "Domestic violence survivors and their experiences during legal proceedings", Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 37/1/1-7/2016, 2016.

Toprak Ergönen A, Özdemir M H, Can I, Sönmez E, Salaçin S, Berberoğlu E, Demir N, "Domestic violence on pregnant women in Turkey", Journal of Forensic and legal Medicine, 16(3), 125-129,2009.

Salaçin S, Toprak Ergönen A, Demiroğlu Uyanıker Z, "Kadına yönelik şiddet", Klinik Gelişim, 22/özel sayı/95-100/2009, 2009.

Toprak Ergönen A, Dayar Kırılmaz S, Sönmez Y, Özdemir H M, "Hekimin Suç sayılan Cinsel Amaçlı Davranışlara Uğrayanlar Için Başvuru Merkezleri Hakkındaki Düşünceleri: Anket çalışması", Türkiye Klinikleri Adli Tıp, cilt 4/ sayı 3/ 2007, 2008.

Akca Toprak Ergonen, Serpil Salacin, Sevgi Karademir, Yucel Gursel, Berna Musal, "A Domestic Violence Course for Medical Students: A Study on Its Effectiveness", Journal of Family Violence, 22/6/441-447/2007, 2007.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, group work, structured case discussions, student assignments and presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** 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. Participation in classes
2. Making homework and project presentation

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

toprakergonen@gmail.com

Office Hours

Wednesday, 10:00 -12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Tutorials 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 138

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.155243343
LO.214113313
LO.355111113
LO.42214115
LO.51114115

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