By Andrew MacDonald. The revelation of hundreds of cases of reported sexual misconduct and sexual assaults on Australian university campuses, as well as a lack of official response, which aired on Channel 7’s Sunday Night unfortunately came as no surprise to the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). More...
Viol d’étudiantes : où en est la France ?
Le sexisme au travail, toujours tabou
Par Emmanuelle Souffi. Blagues salaces, attitudes déplacées, pseudo-séduction… Les salariées ne sont pas épargnées par les conduites machistes. Mais peu osent briser l’omerta. Voir l'article...
Four lessons from the Stanford sexual assault case
By Anne Tompkins, Joseph Jay and Colleen Kukowski. The day after her attacker was sentenced to six months in county jail, the woman who was violently sexually assaulted by former Stanford University student Brock Turner provided her victim impact statement to the online site Buzzfeed for publication (http://UBmag.me/bf). More...
Campus sexual assault focus of collaborative study
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. University of Kansas researchers have been tapped to take on sexual assault on campuses by helping schools in three states adopt policies and prevention strategies. More...
Have you been affected by sexual harassment at university?
By Guardian readers. We’d like to hear from students and staff who have concerns about sexual harassment involving students and staff at UK universities. More...
Congresswoman Proposes Ed Department Offer Loan Assistance to Sexual Assault Victims
By Jake New. In a letter to the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Tuesday, Representative Jackie Speier, a California Democrat, urged OCR to work with the Office of Federal Student Aid to help victims of campus sexual assault with their student loans. Read more...
Une campagne de sensibilisation contre le sexisme ordinaire en milieu professionnel
Un sondage CSA révèle que 48 % des femmes ont déjà évité de porter une tenue vestimentaire pour échapper à des propos ou des comportements sexistes. 39 % fuient certains lieux ou évènements et 40 % déclarent avoir été victimes d'une "injustice ou d'une humiliation" liée au sexisme.
Source : http://www.gref-bretagne.com/Actualites
More Victorian unis urged to ‘Make the Pledge’ on domestic violence leave
By Andrew MacDonald. Domestic violence leave at Deakin University and La Trobe University will be extended to cover all staff, including casuals, following pressure from the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). More...
Students encouraged to participate in Respect. Now. Always. survey
By Andrew MacDonald. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is a supporter of Universities Australia’s and the Australian Human Rights Commission’s first comprehensive national survey to assess the extent of sexual assault and sexual harassment within universities.
Just one week after the 23 August launch of the Respect. Now. Always. student survey, the ABC reports that; 150 “deeply disturbing” submissions about sexual assault or harassment at Australian universities have already been received by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). More...