“For decades, university students and survivors of sexual assault and sexual harassment have advocated for change. The report showed that students often do not disclose sexual assaults to the police, university administrations or other formal reporting bodies, instead confiding in friends, tutors or lecturers, advocates say. The report also found that it was not just victims who did not report the episodes; bystanders also stayed silent. A January report by the advocacy group End Rape on Campus Australia found that universities had frequently failed to support victims of sexual assault and harassment. “What the report shows is as expected: Young women in Australia are experiencing shocking levels of sexual violence within universities,” Ms. Funnell said.

Source: New York Times August 01, 2017 02:52 UTC