Gender-based Violence, Health and Healthcare 5 credits

About the course

The course is aimed both at researchers, activists/volunteers and practitioners working in healthcare, public health, and gender-based violence. It aims to provide an overview of gender-based violence from both an international and national perspective, focusing on the relationship between gender-based violence and health, and the role of the healthcare system in responding to gender-based violence.

The course is structured in four parts, each of them 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 the healthcare responses to gender-based violence, both from an international and national perspective, 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 (for example sexual violence) and/or different groups. Here, issues regarding e.g. functional variation, age, sexuality and racialization are examined.

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Spring 2027
- Gender-based Violence, Health and Healthcare
  
  Second admissions round for EU/EEA citizens
  
  VT27 / Umeå / English / Web-based (online)
  
  Application opens 15 September 2026
  
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  Starts
  1 March 2027
  
  Ends
  30 April 2027
  
  Number of credits
  5 credits
  
  Type of studies
  Web-based (online)
  
  Mandatory meetings
  8
  
  Other meetings
  None
  
  Study pace
  25%
  
  Teaching hours
  Daytime
  
  Study location
  Umeå
  
  Language
  English
  
  Application code
  UMU-38008
  
  Outline for distance course
  
  It is a distance course. The seminars and compulsory sessions will be live sessions conducted via Zoom and in the classroom (with the possibility of attending either in person or via Zoom).
  
  Eligibility
  
  90 ECTS in health, healthcare, social sciences, gender studies fields or equivalent foreign higher education. English proficiency equivalent to English 6/level 2 from Swedish Upper secondary education.
  
  Selection
  
  Academic credits
  
  Application
  The online application opens 15 September 2026 at 09:00 CET. Application deadline is 15 October 2026. Please note: This second application round is intended only for EU/EEA/Swiss citizens.
  
  Application and tuition fees
  As a citizen of a country outside the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees for studies at Umeå University.
  
  Application fee: SEK 900
  
  Tuition fee, first instalment: SEK 13,342
  
  Total fee: SEK 13,342
  
  Details about tuition, fees and funding

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