The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has today called for both regulatory and political change to stop a growing trend in sexism and sexual harassment in the workplace.
In the Union’s submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, the NTEU detailed findings from a survey of over 1,350 NTEU members working in universities across the country. More...

The Assembly today called for a series of measures aimed at stopping sexism and sexual harassment in politics, including in parliaments. These recommendations are addressed to national parliaments, but also to political parties and governments. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University on Monday announced that it was calling off an academic conference scheduled for this week on the sexual abuse crisis facing the Roman Catholic Church. Some local victims of abuse and advocates for victims criticized the planned event because no victims were scheduled to speak. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, along with more than 40 colleges, universities and research institutions, on Wednesday announced the launch of the Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education. More...