Máster en Violencia de Género

Program Overview

Our Master's in Gender Violence online program equips you with specialized knowledge in preventing, caring for, and intervening in gender violence. Through an interdisciplinary approach encompassing law, education, politics, and psychology, you will be prepared to work in various sectors, including legal, educational, and social services. Graduates receive a Certificate of Equality Agent, recognizing their expertise in promoting equality and combating gender violence.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

Our Master's in Gender Violence online will specialize you, from the perspective of law, education, politics, and psychology, in the prevention, care, and intervention in gender violence. Upon completion of the master's degree, you will receive a Certificate of Equality Agent. Around 35% of women worldwide have experienced violence at some point in their lives. This violence is more frequent in those regions where women are subjected to greater inequality compared to men. Studying our Master's in Gender Violence and Equality Policies will allow you to train in the prevention of gender violence and, in addition, in the design and execution of equality policies as an essential way to fight against this violence.

Outline:

• Module 1.
• Gender and diversity: concepts and interdisciplinary vision (6 ECTS)
• Basic concepts: gender, violence, and diversity.
• Feminist theories and gender studies.
• Discrimination in the workplace and the economic impact of inequality.
• Gender roles and reflection in the means of socialization.
• Gender violence, discrimination, and the media.
• Discrimination in the arts and sciences.
• Module 2.
• Spanish substantive legal framework of gender violence (6 ECTS)
• Gender violence within the Spanish legal framework.
• Subjects of law in current legislation on equality and gender violence within the Spanish framework.
• Types of crimes, modalities of crimes, and criminal figures in crimes of gender violence (I).
• Types of crimes, modalities of crimes, and criminal figures in crimes of gender violence (II).
• Case analysis and resolutions (I).
• Case analysis and resolutions (II).
• Module 3.
• Spanish procedural legal framework and police action protocols (6 ECTS)
• Police action protocols.
• The judicial process in cases of gender violence.
• Institutions involved and criminal and civil powers: criteria and interpretations.
• Criminal forensic practice in matters of gender violence.
• Case analysis (I).
• Case analysis (II).
• Module 4.
• Gender, legal areas, and international policies (6 ECTS)
• Human rights and children's rights: peace, respect, and equality.
• Sustainable development goals and 2030 agenda: initiatives for equality.
• Gender violence and equality in global society.
• Comparative international regulations (II).
• International legal solutions and tools in matters of gender violence and equality.
• Module 5.
• Care and intervention measures with aggressors and victims (6 ECTS)
• Psychological elements of gender violence.
• Intervention with aggressors.
• Restorative justice.
• Case analysis: success and failure factors.
• Social work and social education in the face of gender violence.
• Module 6.
• Minors, violence, and educational and social prevention (6 ECTS)
• Gender violence, vicarious violence, and intrafamily violence.
• Minors in the face of violence.
• Violence prevention programs in socio-educational contexts.
• Social prevention and awareness campaigns.
• The explicit curriculum and the hidden curriculum: education in values.
• Co-education and education for equality.
• Module 7.
• Design and application of gender equality policies (6 ECTS)
• Evolution of the concept of gender equality in politics.
• Social policies and their impact on the reduction of discrimination.
• Public policies with a gender perspective.
• Gender equality policies in private entities.
• Design of gender equality policies.
• Application of gender equality policies: difficulties and challenges.
• Module 8.
• Policies and plans on gender violence and protection of equality (6 ECTS)
• Public and social policies on gender violence.
• Gender equality plans.
• The equality agent: functions and work.
• Gender equality observatories and units.
• Plans for non-discrimination: the intersectionality of factors.
• Case analysis: equality plans in public and private entities.
• Module 9.
• External academic practices (6 ECTS)
• Practices in a real work environment that allow the student to build and apply knowledge in an integrated way and become involved in professional reality.
• Module 10.
• Master's thesis (6 ECTS)
• Completion of a master's thesis/project in which all the knowledge acquired in the master's degree is integrated and subsequent presentation before an academic tribunal.
• Close: You will have the support of our expert teachers who will facilitate your learning, as well as a support tutor who will guide you and help you achieve your goals.
• Functional: The virtual campus will be your learning platform where you will find the subjects you are going to take.
In addition, you will have access to the library, a community area to contact other students, and 24-hour assistance.

Careers:

• Lawyer specializing in gender violence.
• Intervention with victims.
• Intervention with abusers.
• Prevention of gender violence in the educational field.
• Psychology specialized in gender violence.
• Associations and public bodies that fight against gender violence.

Other:

• The Master's in Gender Violence and Equality Policies is the perfect opportunity to boost and start your professional career in one of the social sectors with the highest professional demand.
• During your master's degree, you will have access to the software of Tirant lo Blanch, a leading publishing group in the legal sector, which will complement your academic experience so that you have the best preparation.
These tools will allow you to develop essential skills and knowledge for your future profession and differentiate your profile in a highly competitive sector.
• Tirant Prime: Homologated by the CGPJ
• First-line database where you will find all the essential content and functionalities for the exercise of the legal profession.
This is one of the 4 databases homologated by the CGPJ. You will learn to administer and analyze the costs of your law firm through legaltech.
• SOFÍA: Legal Artificial Intelligence
• AI applied to the legal sector.
SOFÍA is the most advanced assistant on the market; it reads and understands any legal text to suggest relevant jurisprudence, doctrine, and legislation for the case.
• You can go further and differentiate yourself from other professional profiles through a Course or University Expert.
• Master's in Gender Violence and Equality Policies + Course in Compliance
• Specialize in corporate ethics and the prevention of criminal risks in companies.
Train in the functions of the Compliance Officer and in the preparation of prevention plans.
• Master's in Gender Violence and Equality Policies + Expert in Legaltech
You will study content created together with Legaltech Sistemius, a leading firm in digital law and legaltech.
• The University Europea has a wide range of recognitions that endorse its academic quality.
Specifically, it has some of the following prestigious awards, such as: the European Excellence Seal 500+, Quali-cert or Madrid Excelente. In the international accreditation rating QS Stars, the Universidad Europea has obtained a total of four stars out of five. This external accreditation system determines the level of excellence achieved by universities in various areas. The Universidad Europea has achieved the maximum score of five stars in Employability, Teaching, Facilities, and Social Responsibility of the rating.
• The demand for experts in prevention and intervention in gender violence is increasing in different areas such as, for example, legal, psychological, educational, and political.
• In addition, new professional figures have emerged, such as equality agents, who are also increasing their employability.
In 2021, the number of professional contracts for equality agents increased by 21.6%, according to labor market reports prepared by the State Public Employment Service (SEPE).