Rural areas and violence against women

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The aim of this Project is to design, in the European higher education field, a joint educational offer, at Master's level, in which, through a Consortium, 4 European higher education institutions and another 4 higher education institutions of third countries not associated to the Programme are committed. The Project focuses on the issue of different kinds of violence against women in rural areas. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) it is estimated that 736 million women are victims of violence in intimate partner relationships or outside of them. The prevalence of domestic violence in developing countries among women aged between 15 and 49 is as high as 37% (WHO). Rural areas suffer the most from this problem. The consequences affect aspects such as mental and reproductive health, but, above all, human rights. The United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include Gender Equality and establish as a target the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls. This problem has a very limited specific training offer and none from the Erasmus area. Our proposal aims to fill this gap by incorporating the specific territorial scope of rural areas as an innovative approach. The abandonment and marginalisation of the rural world has generated impoverishment and has accentuated economic and social problems. This project addresses a specific problem, violence against women in rural areas, proposing an innovative educational offer in line with the Erasmus+ priorities for the period 2021-2027: - Fostering social inclusion and diversity by tackling general obstacles, discrimination and vulnerability of women in rural areas through the design of a focus oriented academic offer within the framework of the EMJM. - Taking advantage of the institutional cooperation for addressing the topic of this proposal from an international perspective, removing geographical and discrimination barriers and boosting future sustainable development perspect