Examining Gender-Based Violence from Multiple Perspectives

Woman with her hand opened blocking her face
According to the World Health Organization, one in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or abused. Gender-based violence is so pervasive that it has been declared a global health crisis. Carnegie Mellon University’s Lisa Tetrault, Candace Skibba and Jess Klein will co-teach a course on this topic, part of the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences’ new Grand Challenges Freshman Seminars, which tackle significant social problems using an interdisciplinary approach.