27 april 2016

Continuing your studies with a Master’s degree in Law and Gender Violente is an excellent option to wide your knowledge in a particular area, where we will receive theoretical and practical notions and we can focus on the sections in which we are more interested in.

Gender Violence as a social, legal and global phenomenon is the heart of this master’s degree. Understanding the impact of the politics and cultures that discriminate against women, the defence procedures, prevention, awareness, international legal framework against gender violence, etc are some of the aspects that are studied in this Master’s degree. The main aim is clear: to understand that gender violence is a social scourge that affects us all. We can fight against it in a legal and social way.

Before starting this Master it is necessary to take into account a number of aspects:

1. We must make sure that this master’s degree is recognised by an university and that has a regulated and updated curriculum. We also must pay attention to the years that the master’s degree is being taught, in case its subjects have changed, and its facilities or teaching staff have been updated.
2. This study plan must have practical and theoretical subjects. Some examples of these subjects will be “Psychological procedures in partner violence”, “Violence against women legal procedures” or “inmigrant woman as a victim of the discrimination and violence”. These studies are focused on achieving the specialization of those who take them.
3. Knowing who teaches the classes and what entities collaborates in the study plan. If the master’s degree has renowed professors in this field of study they can result much more beneficial and can open the doors to the labour market.
4. Considering the facilities of the master’s degree. The workplace is very important when choosing to study a particular master’s degree, since having modern and leading facilities adapted to our study necessities is important.
5. Tutorial assistance: it is vital that your doubts are listened to and that you have the teachers support during the year.  Having access to a good tutorial assistance can be of great help and without doubt it will make your studies much easier.
6. Collaboration between the study plan and related conferences. Promoting the participation in specialised Conferences is a great form of specialising and meeting the most practical aspects of the topic. For instance, the Master’s Degree in Law and Gender Violence is encouraging the attendance at external training courses in order to embolden the students to finish their studies with different points of view and perspectives so as to end the gender violence and how to deal with it in a legal framework.
7. Possibility of continuing with Doctoral Studies. If the Master’s degree study plan is aimed to continue with the academic research, you can continue your training through a PhD in Human Rights, Democracy and International Justice , a way that you should not reject to be able of reaching the highest level of the profession.

These seven rules are essential when opting for a master’s degree or another. Knowing well these aspects you can choose the training you prefer. However, you must take into account that this is a unique master in Spain, since the UV is the ony Spanish university that teaches a Master focused on the legal framework in order to fight against gender violence. The master’s degree must be the period for specialisation. It offers the possibility of getting to know the basic aspects before joining. It also offers the possibility of knowing the options for the future when it comes to take the step of continuing with your studies.

The Universitat de València Master’s Degree in Law and Gender Violence takes into account all these aspects. You can find more information here.

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