Program Overview

Program Overview

The course, Gender-based Violence, Health and Healthcare, is a 5-credit course aimed at researchers, activists/volunteers, and practitioners working in healthcare, public health, and gender-based violence. It provides an overview of gender-based violence from both international and national perspectives, focusing on the relationship between gender-based violence and health, and the role of the healthcare system in responding to gender-based violence.

Course Structure

The course is structured in four parts, each including lectures and a seminar/panel discussion. The first and second parts focus on the extent of the problem of gender-based violence, its connection with health, theoretical explanations and definitions, and the evolution of institutional responses to gender-based violence. The third part focuses on healthcare responses to gender-based violence, both from international and national perspectives, including a critical analysis of the consequences of the (bio)medicalization of gender-based violence. The fourth part examines different aspects of gender-based violence in relation to different types of violence and/or different groups.

Eligibility and Selection

• Eligibility: 90 ECTS in health, healthcare, social sciences, gender studies fields or equivalent foreign higher education. English proficiency equivalent to English B/6 from Swedish Upper secondary education.
• Selection: Academic credits

Application and Tuition Fees

• Application fee: SEK 900
• Tuition fee, first instalment: SEK 13,342
• Total fee: SEK 13,342

Course Details

• Type: Course, second cycle
• Study pace: 25%
• Study location: Umeå
• Type of studies: Distance with meetings
• Language: English
• Application code: UMU-30423
• Starts: 8 September 2025
• Ends: 14 December 2025
• Number of credits: 5 credits
• Teaching hours: Daytime
• Mandatory meetings: 3
• Other meetings: None

Outline for Distance Course

The course is a distance course with live sessions conducted via Zoom and in the classroom, allowing for either in-person or Zoom attendance.

Department

The course is given by the Department of Epidemiology and Global Health.