66-111 Grand Challenge First-Year Seminr: Understanding Gender Based Violence

9 units, Carnegie Mellon University

Gender Based Violence GBV is a global heath human rights crisis in which, according the World Health Organization, one in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex, or abused. Discourse surrounding GBV enters into the sacred space of the home, the strategies of advertisers, the halls of the Senate, college campuses, and the galleries of the worlds most well known museums. It is, literally, everywhere. Although it is everywhere, wide spread, and catastrophic, GBV is often minimized, concealed, and dismissed. This course will explore the many manifestations of GBV, from stalking to human trafficking, removing it from the shadows and bringing it into the open so that we can do something about it. Toward that end, well simultaneously explore the many creative ways people are combating this global epidemic. Throughout our work, well explore how gender based violence intersects with multiple, overlapping systems of oppression, from race to heteronormativity. Finally, youll imaginatively develop your own resistance strategies through a culminating, group project.

Prerequisites: none listed

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