Centre for Enquiry Into Health and Allied ThemesViolence Against Women and Role Of Health Care Providers: National Course For Health Professionals
This national level course on violence against women is aimed at health care professionals in order to bridge gap that exists in medical education on the issue of gender-based violence and the role of healthcare providers. The course structure has been developed in collaboration with a core faculty. The methodology followed in the course are largely participatory which includes role plays, debates, presentations by participants, analysis of case studies.
Developing a set of modules for student nurses at Dhule nursing college
As part of the training on Violence Against Women (VAW) the Pehel team is involved in conducted training at Dhule nursing school and medical college. The team has developed modules for the trainings. The modules were designed to include an understanding of concepts as well as application. Concepts such as gender, sex, forms of VAW, patriarchy were discussed on the first day while the second day had the nurses demonstrate their roles in responding to the issue of Domestic Violence through role plays. Two batches of nurses comprising of 30 participants each were trained using a three day module. This module was included in the ASHA training. This is being documented and are advocating for the inclusion of this module in the nursing curriculum.