Through CIP programe : milestones of changing perspective of collage system in term of safe higher education spaces
Nov 22, 2019
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Response of both students, teachers and management of colleges has been very encouraging. One teacher said, "Whether we get a sexual harassment case
or not is secondary, but it is our duty to put up a functioning ICC in our college".
One sole boy from the bunch of formerly disinterested young men put up his hand, and firmly stated, "Sending continuous messages to a woman if she is not
comfortable is sexual harassment." Usually, even women are unable to distinguish that unsolicited, unwelcome personal messages - however harmelss in their
content - constitute sexual harassment. Young women also joined in to strongly state that not having separate toilets for men and women, and especially for
those with disability, is sexual violence and that it is the establishment's responsibility to provide this facility.
Have ICC, but teachers feel there is no need because never got any case. After session said will take guidance for proper functioning.
Mostly young women identified all 4 case studies as either physical or mental torture but none as sexual harassment. Later like one student said, “Everything
related to body is sexual harassment, but we never speak or think about our bodies.”
Teachers said don’t have ICC, will take guidance from Anubhut