Gender Rights in Groups and Societies - The International Perspective

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Session 213-5: Gender Rights in Groups and Societies
Session 213-5: Gender Rights in Groups and Societies-The International Perspective

Dena Baumgartner, PhD, CGP; Giovanna Cantarella, PhD, FAGPA; Hsien-Hsien Chiang, MS, RN; Galabina Petrova Tarashoeva, MD; Michael Wieser, PhD

1.5 Credits

Members: 22.50Non−Members:22.50
Non-Members: 45.00

Chair:
Dena Baumgartner, PhD, CGP, Private Practice, Tuscon, Arizona.

Presenters:
Giovanna Cantarella, PhD, FAGPA, Supervisor and Faculty, Niguarda Hospital at Milan University, Milan, Italy; Hsien-Hsien Chiang, MS, RN, Professor, University of Taipei Nursing School, Taipei, Taiwan; Galabina Petrova Tarashoeva, MD, Director, City Mental Health Center, Sofia, Bulgaria; Michael Wieser, PhD, Assistant Professor, Alpen-Adria Universitaet Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria.

Groups can have the power to address and change specific gender issues related with immigration, society processes and traumatic incidents. Different models, research outcome and experiences over more than 30 years enrich this session in a unique way.

Learning Objectives:
The attendee will be able to:

List the different approaches for gender specific group work related with immigration, pair relationship and trauma victim-hood.
Distinguish the benefits and challenges of gender specific group work in comparison with mixed group work.
Distinguish the challenge of a gender specific group work related with palliative care and ethical guidance from a general approach to palliative care.
Complete the visible effects of trauma and immigration on group processes with its psychological and social foundations.

Course References:

Testoni, I., Wieser, M., Moita, G., & Dima, G. (Eds.). (2012). Gender-Based Violence and Family Violence: The State of Art in Research and Intervention. Rivista di Studi Familiari - Interdisciplinary Journal of Family Studies, 17(1). http://unipress.cab.unipd.it/istanze/test-mimbo/volume
Cantarella, G. (2012). Donne nei gruppi terapeutici. Franco Angeli.
Martinez-Taboada, C., Arnoso, A. (2009). Minorías culturales: Representaciones de las personas inmigrantes y reflexiones para la práctica comunitaria en Revista Psicología Comunitari. Editorial (si libro): Publicaciones Portorriqueñas Inc. ISBN I-935145-43-6. Puerto Rico.
Chandy, J.M., Blum, R.W., & Resnick, M.D. (1996). Gender-specific outcomes for sexually abused adolescents. Child Abuse & Neglect, 20(12), 1219-1231.
Cohen, M., & Mullender, A. (2003). Gender and Groupwork. London: Routledge.
Tarashoeva, G., Gorinova, M., Nikolova, T., & Venelinova, R. (2012). Some changes in the women participated in the psychosocial work with victims of domestic violence. Cultural Specifics and differences in Bulgaria. IAGP Conference in Cartagena, Colombia.

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