This course, developed in partnership with the International Peace Institute (IPI), is designed to educate peace operations personnel on sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). Throughout eight lessons, the course explores several topics and issues related to SGBV to clarify the terminology, patterns, and impacts of this complex and pervasive form of violence. The lessons also discuss and disprove, through case studies of historical and contemporary events, common assumptions about the victims, causes, and perpetrators of SGBV. In later lessons, the course examines the predominant policies and approaches used by the United Nations and other actors in the multilateral system to shape efforts towards preventing and responding to SGBV, as well as approaches that are used in United Nations missions to inform the work of peace operations personnel. While this course is not intended to provide recommendations or instructions regarding the activities of personnel, it does aim to equip students with an understanding of SGBV to enhance the work of peace operations personnel.
Lessons: 8
Number of pages: 137 [English]
Estimated reading time: 9 hours
Publisher: Peace Operations Training Institute [15-09-2023]