91151 - Gender-based violence - Abortion

Learning outcomes

At the end of the module, the student will be able to understand the social, psychological, and psychopathological aspects of the phenomenon and will possess the skills and knowledge to manage interventions with victims and adult perpetrators of violence.

Course contents

Gender, the continuum of violence, the concept of gender-based violence

The language of gender-based violence

Forms of violence (physical, psychological, sexual, economic, social, stalking)

Witnessed or co-lived violence

Femicide (types)

Health implications

The scope of the problem: global and Italian statistics

How mass media address the topic

Waves of feminism

Italian legislation and its evolution

The Istanbul Convention 2011

Sexual education in Italy

Healthcare legislation for professionals in cases of sexual and/or physical violence

Emergency room procedures for sexual violence

Rehabilitation centers for violent individuals

Anti-violence shelters (what they are, how they work, who the contacts are, how to access them)

What abortion is, when abortion started being practiced

Current abortion regulations, legislation prior to 1978

The role of counseling centers

How the topic of abortion is connected to that of gender-based violence

Conscientious objection

Midwife communication in cases of abortion

Readings/Bibliography

Guidelines and Official Reports

• AOGOI - Recommendations for assisting women victims of sexual violence, 2022
• Centro Moses - Communicative and relational strategies for identifying cases of violence, 2018
• Centro Moses - The phenomenon of gender-based violence, 2018
• Capta - Emotions and experiences in working with women victims of violence, 2022
• Emilia-Romagna Region - The professional's notebook series: “Mistreatment and abuse of minors” – Special Issue: “Gender violence. Recommendations for clinical and forensic evaluation”, 2016
• ISTAT - Press Release: The impact of the pandemic on gender-based violence, 2020/2021
• S. Quadrino - Dialogue and care: Words between doctors and patients. Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore, Rome, 2019
• WHO - COVID-19 and violence against women: What the health sector/system can do, 2020
• WHO, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, South African Medical Research Council - Global and regional estimates of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence, 2013
• WHO - Fact Sheet No. 239: Violence against women. Partner violence and sexual violence against women
• UN Women - The Shadow Pandemic: Violence against women during COVID-19, 2020

Fiction and Literature

• M. Atwood - The Handmaid’s Tale. Ponte alle Grazie, Milan, 2004
• P. Barker - The Silence of the Girls. Einaudi, Turin, 2019
• Emma - You Should Have Just Asked. Laterza, Bari, 2020
• B. Evaristo - Girl, Woman, Other. BigSur, Rome, 2020
• V. Mira - X. Fandango Libri, Rome, 2021
• L. Strömquist - I’m Every Woman. Fandango Libri, Rome, 2018
• V. Woolf - A Room of One’s Own. Einaudi, Turin, 1995
• C. N. Adichie - We Should All Be Feminists. Einaudi, Turin, 2015

Insights and Practical Guides

• L. Barbieri - The Mary Poppins Syndrome. Pendragon, Bologna, 2014
• V. Benini - No Taboos. Fabbri, Palermo, 2020
• G. Blasi - Manual for Revolutionary Girls. Rizzoli, Milan, 2018
• S. de Beauvoir - The Second Sex. Il Saggiatore, Milan, 1961
• D.i.Re – Women’s Network Against Violence - Re-examining oneself: Anti-violence centers between politics, expertise, and intervention practices. Settenove, Cagli (PU), 2016
• M.-F. Hirigoyen - Moral Harassment. Einaudi, Turin, 2015
• I. Facheris - Equality in Pills: Learn to fight daily big and small discriminations. Rizzoli, Milan, 2020
• M. Gancitano - The Prison of Beauty. Einaudi, Turin, 2022
• L. Gasparrini - I’m Not Sexist, But.... Tlon, Rome, 2019
• V. Gheno - Feminine Singularities. Effequ Editions, Trento, 2019
• J. Guerra - The Electric Body. Tlon Editions, Rome, 2020
• L. Lipperini - Still on the Side of Little Girls. Feltrinelli, 2014
• M. Murgia, C. Tagliaferri - Morgana. Mondadori, Milan, 2019
• M. Murgia - Shut Up. Einaudi, Turin, 2021
• M. Murgia - God Save the Queer. Einaudi, Turin, 2022
• C. Vagnoli - Cursed Misfortune. Fabbri Editore, 2021
• L. Gruber - Don’t Get Screwed Over. Rizzoli Editore, 2024

Teaching methods

Lectures

Reading articles

Videos and brainstorming

Discussions

Contributions from coordinators of care pathways

Use of Kahoot

Assessment methods

Submission of a paper on the topics covered in class

Teaching tools

Slides

News articles

Videos

Discussions

Virtual platforms

Compendium

Office hours

See the website of Virginia Bertini