Understanding Equality Course (2021Z) - gr. 1

The aim of the course is to familiarize the academic community with issues related to equal treatment. Participation in the e-course will enable PhD students and learners to gain knowledge, among others about what discrimination is and what its consequences are, look at your attitude towards gender equality, and finally - develop basic skills to respond to discrimination.

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Understanding Equality Course is an interactive e-course that you can do by yourself.

During the course you will learn what discrimination is, how to recognize it and what to do when you are a witness or a victim.

The course consists of 4 modules:

1. Gender equality policy:

- the broader social context of gender equality,

- historical and social changes in the area of women’s higher education,

- basic terminology regarding gender equality policy,

- the definition of gender.

2. Equality barriers:

- how to identify individual and social barriers of gender equality,

- how our personal beliefs and convictions can affect our relations with others,

- the relationship between stereotypes, prejudices and discrimination.

3. Discrimination:

- different forms of discrimination,

- how to recognize discriminatory behaviour,

- the consequences of discrimination.

4. Responding to discrimination:

- various types of intervention and ways of responding to discrimination,

- responses to discrimination and anti-discrimination procedures are available at the University of Warsaw.

The course is available on the CKC Kampus platform for people who have enrolled in the course