March 1 2021, 10:51 am | BY Lynchy | 4 Comments
When the Australian Human Rights Commission reported the staggering 2017 numbers around sexual harassment and sexual assaults at Australian universities – experienced by 21% and 1.6% of students respectively, Charles Sturt recognised the need to create change.
Since then, Charles Sturt has joined 38 universities across the country in the nation-wide initiative “Respect. Now. Always”, streamlining their processes around information, support, and reporting any kind of sexual misconduct.
But Charles Sturt knew it wasn’t enough to tell students about their zero-tolerance policy simply. They wanted to educate and empower all of their students to live it as well actively.