Universities and colleges are meant to be spaces of learning, growth, and opportunity. Yet for many, they can also be environments where sexual and gender based violence occurs and is left unaddressed. Power imbalances, entrenched hierarchies, and lack of oversight mean survivors are often silenced while perpetrators go unchallenged.
In this episode, Dr Anna Bull, Senior Lecturer of Education and Social Justice at the University of York and Director of The 1752 Group, helps us explore the prevalence of sexual and gender-based violence in higher education settings and ask what more needs to be done to ensure these institutions are safe and equitable.
Your host is: Ayesha Mago, Global Advocacy Director, Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI).
This episode’s guest is:
Dr Anna Bull, Senior Lecturer of Education and Social Justice at the University of York, and Director of The 1752 Group
🎧 Listen to learn:
➡︎ How sexual violence shows up in higher education today
➡︎ The impact of power and institutional culture
➡︎ The important role student activism plays in creating change
➡︎ What needs to change to build safer campuses
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💬 Connect with the SVRI svri@svri.org and our host, Ayesha Mago.
🎙️ An OG Podcasts Ltd production.
Resources:
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