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Child Protection: Children's Rights in Theory and Practice (edX)

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Child Protection: Children's Rights in Theory and Practice (edX)
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Learn how to protect children from violence, exploitation, and neglect through law, policy, and practice in a human rights framework. Across the world, children are at riskfrom violence, abuse, exploitation, and neglect. Conflict and natural disasters have forced millions to flee their homes and confront the dangers of migration [...]

Religion, Conflict and Peace (edX)

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Religion, Conflict and Peace (edX)
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Explore the diverse and complex roles that religions play in both promoting and mitigating violence. In this course, we will explore a series of contemporary conflicts in different regions of the world with a special focus on identifying and analyzing the diverse and complex roles that religions play in [...]

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): Interprofessional Strategies for Prevention and Response (edX)

In this course, learners will be introduced to key concepts, definitions, and theories of IPV from public health, social justice, and legal perspectives. Learners will also receive applied learning opportunities to implement best practices for identifying, screening, and responding to IPV in clinical practice settings, including interprofessional strategies that [...]

Leaders in Citizen Security and Justice Management for the Caribbean (edX)

Learn about the latest in prevention, police and justice modernization, and social rehabilitation. The high rates of crime and violence are two of the main challenges that affect the citizens of Latin America and the Caribbean. That is why the public policies of citizen security are prioritized in the [...]

Identifying and Responding to Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA) in Pregnancy (FutureLearn)

Jan 16th 2023
Identifying and Responding to Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA) in Pregnancy (FutureLearn)
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Discover how you can better support people experiencing domestic violence and abuse in pregnancy. Explore the challenges of providing care for DVA in the context of pregnancy. Around 1 in 12 people are exposed to domestic violence and abuse (DVA) during pregnancy. Health appointments during this time are a [...]

Religion, Radicalisation, Resilience (FutureLearn)

Understand religious radicalisation and violence and learn strategies to build resilience in communities and schools. Understand violent radicalisation and religiously attributed violence. Through this course you will explore issues related to religiously attributed violent radicalisation, learning how to build resilience within communities and [...]

Drugs, Peace, and Development: Rethinking Policy (FutureLearn)

Jun 6th 2022
Drugs, Peace, and Development: Rethinking Policy (FutureLearn)
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Gain insights into the relationships between illicit drug economies, peacebuilding, and development in borderland regions. Explore new ways to tackle drugs, development, and peacebuilding challenges. There is growing awareness that the ‘war on drugs’ has failed and that there is a need for reformed drug policies. But what does [...]

Forced Marriage: Challenges and Dilemmas (FutureLearn)

Develop your knowledge of human rights and societal issues as you explore the impact of forced marriage and measures to combat it. Learn how to define forced marriages. Forced marriage is recognised internationally as a violation of women and children’s human rights and as a form of violence against [...]

Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Comparing Theory and Practice (FutureLearn)

Apr 25th 2022
Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Comparing Theory and Practice (FutureLearn)
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Delve into the research behind terrorism as you unpack the assumptions and impacts of both terrorism and counterterrorism. Explore terrorism and counterterrorism studies. Terrorism has arguably been one of the defining factors of our age. It frequently makes headlines, threatening or attacking governments, private businesses, and ordinary citizens. In [...]

Understanding Violence Against Women: Myths and Realities (FutureLearn)

Apr 18th 2022
Understanding Violence Against Women: Myths and Realities (FutureLearn)
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Learn how to challenge attitudes that lead to violence against women and develop your knowledge of this human rights issue. The United Nations considers violence against women to be a grave violation of human rights of epidemic proportions. Such violence has profoundly negative consequences for individuals, communities and entire [...]