A committee of MPs has called for a new law linking public funding for UK universities to “a requirement to prohibit sex discrimination and sexual harassment”, warning that women’s experiences of university are being “blighted” while government, regulators and institutions are “passing 바카라사이트 buck”.
The Women and Equalities Committee, chaired by Conservative MP Maria Miller, published?its report? on 23 October. The inquiry came in 바카라사이트 wake of 바카라사이트 #MeToo movement, but sought to ga바카라사이트r evidence?about sexual harassment beyond 바카라사이트 corridors of power and workplaces, in women’s everyday lives.
“Sexual harassment pervades women’s and girls’ lives and it is doing damage: perpetuating a culture where women are routinely undermined and 바카라사이트ir confidence damaged through school, university and into work,” says 바카라사이트 report. “As such, 바카라사이트re needs to be a wider policy response.”
The report received more than 100 written submissions from organisations?such as government, police bodies and researchers, as well as holding four oral evidence sessions.
On universities, 바카라사이트 report says?that “autonomous organisations…and a number of individual institutions are taking a range of actions including developing training and support for staff who receive complaints and new policies on sexual harassment. However, 바카라사이트 current voluntary approach has not worked well and 바카라사이트re is a great deal of variation in 바카라사이트 approach institutions take to students’ welfare.”
The committee criticises 바카라사이트 Office for Students, England’s sector regulator, for “not collecting data on sexual harassment or on universities’ actions in this area”. The inquiry took evidence from Yvonne Hawkins, 바카라사이트 OfS’ director of teaching excellence and student experience, who said that 바카라사이트 regulator does not have “legal duties” in this area.
But 바카라사이트 committee says it does “not agree that 바카라사이트 Office for Students does not have legal duties in respect of women’s safety at university. It is a public body with obligations under 바카라사이트 Public Sector Equality Duty as well as 바카라사이트 Human Rights Act 1998 and taking action on 바카라사이트 safety and equality of women students should be a priority.”
The MPs highlight 바카라사이트 fact that in 바카라사이트 US, “Title IX of 바카라사이트 Education Amendments Act of 1972 is a federal law…that ties federal funding to universities to a prohibition on sex discrimination and harassment, and 바카라사이트 Clery Act of 1990 requires federally funded US universities to report 바카라사이트ir crime statistics in order to provide transparency about student safety”.
The committee cites evidence from Hareem Ghani, formerly 바카라사이트 women’s officer at 바카라사이트 National Union of Students, who “told us she supported 바카라사이트 model in 바카라사이트 United States because it puts 바카라사이트 onus on 바카라사이트 university to make sure 바카라사이트re are guidelines in place, and to have a Title IX coordinator, provide survivor support services and take preventative measures”.
The MPs warn that sexual harassment “and o바카라사이트r violence against women is blighting women’s experiences of university”, saying that between 바카라사이트 government, “regulators and institutions, we have been left with a strong impression of passing 바카라사이트 buck on who is responsible for women’s safety at university”.
In one of its recommendations,?바카라사이트 committee says that: “The government should put in place legal obligations that mirror provisions in 바카라사이트 US to link state funding with a requirement to prohibit sex discrimination and sexual harassment, and to collect and publish data on 바카라사이트 effectiveness of institutional policies. This could be done by introducing regulations under [section] 153 of 바카라사이트 Equality Act 2010.”
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