New system needed to prevent sexual violence and harassment in third-level institutions, report says
The report on Promoting Consent and Preventing Sexual Violence (Propel) was launched yesterday
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The THEA report is part of that response and one of its proposals is for new posts such as a ‘sexual misconduct prevention and response manager’, to be supported at national level by a panel of trained investigators.
It also presents options for inclusion in individual action plans and outline of best practice and guidelines for emerging policies and procedures.
Policy analyst and report author, Dr Eavan O’Brien of THEA, said the report was “just the beginning”.
She said sexual violence and harassment were generally related to power and there was a need to examine structural inequities that were the drivers of unacceptable behaviour and that set the conditions for abuse of power.
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