Description

This virtual series of four sessions will provide an opportunity to become acquainted with the complexities of gender-based violence (GBV) issues in disaster and humanitarian settings. Each seminar will encourage discussion on GBV with focus on the roles that structural violence, power dynamics, historical oppression, white supremacy and racism play in precipitating GBV internationally, domestically, and locally.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of these activities, participants will be able to: 

• Define GBV and identify groups that are historically more vulnerable to GBV in global emergencies.
• Recognize GBV in the context of four focus areas: screening, intervention, water, sanitation and hygiene, and sexual exploitation and abuse by aid workers.
• Express how health systems and inequities can precipitate GBV.
• Identify the implications of GBV in their own work and develop a toolkit of possible interventions should episodes of GBV be identified.
• Recognize that interventions must be nuanced, culturally sensitive, and address the needs of a patient or group without putting them in further danger.

Target Audience

This training is intended for all Mass General Brigham employees and affiliates who are currently working or are interested in the fields of healthcare, global health, humanitarian aid, or disaster relief operations. Participants will have an interest in learning about gender-based violence and developing strategies to address this complex issue in their current or future work and practice.

Course Director

Annekathryn Goodman, MD, MPH
Gynecological Oncology,
Massachusetts General Hospital;
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology,
Reproductive Biology,
Harvard Medical School

Accreditation (per session)

Mass General Brigham is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Mass General Brigham designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Provided by: Massachusetts General Hospital, Global Health & Mass General Brigham