Sign the petition: hold universities accountable for failures on sexual violence
Everyone deserves to learn in a safe environment. But right now universities are failing students when it comes to sexual violence prevention and response. In fact every single week 275 students are being sexually assaulted in a uni context.
Most universities are failing to take even basic steps, including: ensuring teaching staff don’t have a history of using sexual violence; and that student survivors don’t have to sit in the same classroom as the person who raped them.
No student should ever have to drop out of uni because they feel unsafe on campus. We need change. A national review of the university system is underway - and it presents a critical opportunity to finally secure change on this issue.
Add your name to join Fair Agenda and End Rape on Campus Australia in calling for an independent, expert-led oversight mechanism, like a Taskforce on University Sexual Violence.