Gender Based Violence in University Communities: Policy, Prevention and Educational Initiatives
Sundari Anitha and Ruth Lewis
Abstract
Until recently, higher education in the United Kingdom has largely failed to recognise gender based violence (GBV) on campus, but following the UK government task force set up in 2015, universities are becoming more aware of the issue. And recent cases in the media about the sexualised abuse of power in institutions such as universities, Parliament and Hollywood highlight the prevalence and damaging impact of GBV. This book provides the first in-depth overview of research and practice in GBV in universities. The book sets out the international context of ideologies, politics and institutional ... More
Until recently, higher education in the United Kingdom has largely failed to recognise gender based violence (GBV) on campus, but following the UK government task force set up in 2015, universities are becoming more aware of the issue. And recent cases in the media about the sexualised abuse of power in institutions such as universities, Parliament and Hollywood highlight the prevalence and damaging impact of GBV. This book provides the first in-depth overview of research and practice in GBV in universities. The book sets out the international context of ideologies, politics and institutional structures that underlie responses to GBV and sexual violence elsewhere in Europe, in the United States, and in Australia, and considers the implications of implementing related policy and practice. Presenting examples of innovative British approaches to engagement with the issue, the book also considers UK, EU and UN legislation to give an international perspective, making it of direct use to discussions of ‘what works’ in preventing GBV.
Keywords:
gender based violence,
universities,
sexual violence,
United Kingdom,
United States,
Europe,
Australia
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2018 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781447336570 |
| Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: January 2019 |
DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781447336570.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Sundari Anitha, editor
University of Lincoln
Ruth Lewis, editor
Northumbria University
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