Efforts to tackle sexual violence on university campuses have been stymied by the sector’s peak body, the sector’s regulator and a number of universities that have not met commitments made following the Australian Human Rights Commission’s landmark 2017 report “Change the Course”.
The Saturday Paper reports that Universities Australia shelved a student-facing respectful relationships campaign because a minority of vice-chancellors among the 39 universities the body represents objected to its explicit nature.
The Saturday Paper quotes research from Australian Human Rights Institute Research Fellow Dr Allison Henry in its report.
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