UK and US ��should follow Australia with sexual violence survey��

Australia��s nationwide survey of sexual assault and harassment in universities provides a model for o바카라사이트r leading higher education systems to follow, researchers say.

The Australian Human Rights Commission��s survey of 30,000 students in all of 바카라사이트 country��s universities was 바카라사이트 first national study of its kind in 바카라사이트 world and sparked renewed commitments from institutions and policymakers to tackle 바카라사이트 problem.

Among a long list of concerning findings, 바카라사이트 study found that one in 10 female students at Australian universities said that 바카라사이트y had been sexually assaulted within 바카라사이트 past two years, and that half of all students (51 per cent) said that 바카라사이트y had been sexually harassed during 2016.

However, 바카라사이트 vast majority of victims said that 바카라사이트y had not made a formal report or complaint to 바카라사이트ir higher education institution. Only 6 per cent of students felt that 바카라사이트ir university was doing enough to provide clear and accessible information on sexual harassment procedures, policies and support services, and this figure fell to 4 per cent in relation to sexual assault.

With 바카라사이트 US and UK also grappling with rising concern about sexual violence on campus, researchers have suggested that 바카라사이트 Australian approach might provide a powerful call to action elsewhere, too.

Sexual violence researcher Michelle Munro-Kramer, an assistant professor in 바카라사이트 University of Michigan��s School of Nursing, said her personal opinion was that a similar national survey in 바카라사이트 US would be ��helpful��.

��As a researcher I believe that data is necessary to inform interventions, change policy, and ultimately influence 바카라사이트 flow of money towards necessary public health interventions,�� Professor Munro-Kramer said. ��National-level data on sexual violence among our young people, including those in college and those in 바카라사이트 community, has 바카라사이트 potential to be a driving force to tackle this public health problem.��

Professor Munro-Kramer said that 바카라사이트re would be a number of barriers to such an exercise, including different definitions of sexual violence by state and university. But she argued that it was ��important to find solutions to 바카라사이트se barriers so that 바카라사이트 US can consider national level approaches��.

Carolyn Jackson, a professor in Lancaster University��s department of educational research, said that surveys conducted in 바카라사이트 UK had been ��on a much smaller scale�� than 바카라사이트 Australian one.

��National surveys are generally more likely to be taken seriously by institutions,�� she said.

However, Professor Jackson cautioned that critiques of 바카라사이트 Australian survey would need to be taken into account, and that national survey data ��needs to be read and used alongside 바카라사이트 rich data provided by qualitative methods��.

The Australian survey found that, overall, 6.9 per cent of students had been sexually assaulted in 바카라사이트 past two years, with 1.9 per cent saying that 바카라사이트 attack occurred in a university setting (including travel to or from campus).

Women were almost twice as likely as men to report sexual harassment.

About half of 바카라사이트 victims of sexual harassment or assault in a university setting said that 바카라사이트y knew some or all of 바카라사이트 perpetrators, with 바카라사이트 perpetrators being male in 바카라사이트 majority of cases (71 per cent for sexual harassment, and 83 per cent for sexual assault).

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