Continuing Education Program
Each year, 1.4 million women are abused in the United States, while over 50 percent of all U.S. women have experienced physical or sexual violence at some point in their lifetime. The pervasiveness of violence against women affects all of society, especially professionals in the human service, health, and criminal justice fields.
However, many of these professionals have received limited training and education on violence against women, and many of them are left with a desire to seek additional education on the issue in order to better serve their clients.
The Center on Violence Against Women & Children (VAWC), in conjunction with Rutgers University School of Social Work, will soon offer continuing education courses specializing in the issue of violence against women and a Violence Against Women (VAW) Continuing Education Certificate program designed to address the critical need for training professionals working in the human services, corporate, health and criminal justice fields.
VAW Continuing Education program will include a comprehensive understanding of all forms of violence against women, offering courses that cover: sexual assault, domestic violence, emotional, physical, and financial abuse, stalking, incest, child sexual abuse, human trafficking, acquaintance rape, and sexual harassment.
