Inhalt: Gender-based violence (here including gender harassment, sexual harassment, and sexual assault) is prevalent at all levels of higher education and research and in all disciplines. It has destructive consequences for individuals and institutions as well as for the quality of research and education. Despite this, questions of gender-based violence in higher education have received very little attention both in terms of research and on the policy level in Europe. The ERAC Standing Working Group on Gender in Research and Innovation1 calls on all stakeholders to take further concerted policy action to make the European Higher Education and Research Area a truly safe environment where all talents can thrive.
To map policy responses in the EU, the ERAC SWG GRI conducted a survey in Member States and Associated Countries that covered the policies, strategies, actions, and measures taken at the national and EU level to address gender-based violence in higher education and research. The survey’s focus was on strategies, measures, and actions at the national level, not the university/institutional level. This is an important limitation that guides both the reading of the material, the analysis, and the recommendations in the report.
Schlagwörter:gender-based violence; harassment; Policy; policy response; sexual assault
CEWS Kategorie:Europa und Internationales, Sexuelle Belästigung und Gewalt
Dokumenttyp:Graue Literatur, Bericht
