Equally Safe in Higher Education Anni Donaldson University

Equally Safe in Higher Education? Anni Donaldson University of Strathclyde, Scotland Scottish Funding Council Sharing Good Practice Seminar 14 th June 2017

Gender-based Violence (GBV) - UK Devolved Distinctions UK Government Ending VAWG Strategy 2016 -2020 • gender-neutral working definition; • covers all forms of GBV; • re-emphasised crime prevention approach; • new legislation introduced. Welsh Government VAW, DA and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015 • gendered analysis of abuse • requirement on public bodies to implement local & national GBV strategies; • holistic outcome focussed approach across all sectors including HE; The Northern Ireland Executive Stopping D and S Violence and Abuse 2016 • gender-neutral definition; • mainly domestic & sexual violence; • crime prevention focus; • focus on schools based primary prev strateg Scottish Government Equally Safe 2016 - A National Strategic Approach to Prevention of Va. WG • gendered analysis of abuse; • GBV barrier to gender equality • holistic approach to prev & early intervention; • primary, sec & tertiary prev, leg, support

“ “ No woman or girl in Scotland should be subjected to violence or abuse of any kind (physical, emotional, sexual or psychological) and no child or young person should have to experience gender-based violence or have to live with the impact of it. Our aim is to work collaboratively with key partners across all sectors to prevent and eradicate all forms of violence against women and girls. Equally Safe sets out a shared understanding of the causes, risk factors and scale of the problem. (Scottish Government 2016) http: //www. gov. scot/Resource/00454152. pdf

Gender-based Violence in Scotland 2014 -15 Police Scotland recorded 59, 882 incidents of domestic abuse 95% (1901) rapes or attempted rapes recorded by PS had female victim (where gender known) 1 in 5 children/young people in the UK will have experienced domestic abuse by age 18 yrs LGBT Youth Scotland research: 52% of respondents had experienced abusive behaviour from ex/partner At least 32% of the 9, 557 recorded sexual offences in Scotland 2014 -15 involved a victim under 18 16 to 27 year old men are responsible for more than one third of reported rapes in Scotland (Police Scotland) 4% of women in Scotland have experienced serious sexual assault since age 16

Vanita Sundaram “Lad Culture” in HE (2014) Universities have a weak response to ‘Lad Culture’ because conceptually they don’t understand it. “Neo-liberal and depoliticised discourse of individual practices – gender treated as a descriptive variable rather than as a set of socially and culturally constructed expectations for lived practices (e. g. ‘incidents’ reported by gender rather than gender being understood as a social institution. ” Jackson, C. , & Sundaram, V. (2015). Is ‘lad culture’a problem in higher education? Exploring the perspectives of staff working in UK universities. In International Conference on Research into Higher Education 2015 (pp. 1 -8).

GBV & HE: The Scottish & UK context Universities UK Task Force Report 2016 Changing the Culture

Universities UK Task Force Report Changing the Culture 2016 Recommendations • Institution-wide Approach To Policy Development & Governance • Corporate Leadership • Student Union Leadership • Staff Training & Development • Recording & Monitoring • Evidence Based Prevention Programmes Including Bystander Approaches • Clear, Visible And Accessible Procedures For Reporting & Disclosure Handling • Clear Guidance On Dealing With Perpetrators Of Criminal & Disciplinary Offences • Partnership Working With Community And Local Specialist VAW Organisations

• 5/19 Scottish HEIs contributed to Changing The Culture report; • A review of activity in Scottish Universities needed to contextualise intervention, prevention, policy and practice within its national, devolved policy context. • Part 1 of Rapid Review was undertaken of existing GBV policy and practice, prevention and intervention across all 19 Scottish HEIs. • Mc. Cullough, A. , Mc. Carry, M. and Donaldson, A. (2017) Rapid Review of Scottish Higher Education Responses to Gender Based Violence, Equally Safe in Higher Education project report, Glasgow: University of Strathclyde.

Equally Safe in Higher Education Toolkit A GBV Prevention & Early Intervention Plan 2016 – 2018 funded by the Scottish Government Justice stream

Scottish Government – Equally Safe ‘honour-based’ crimes and culturally harmful practices. “ “ Gender-based violence is a function of gender inequality, and an abuse of male power and privilege. It takes the form of actions that result in physical, sexual and psychological harm or suffering to women and children, or affront to their human dignity, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or NB: GBV precludes neither the abuse of boys and men, same sex abuse nor female private life. perpetration of such abuse. GBV can also include abuse by other family members, so-called

ESHE – A Partnership Approach

Outcome 4 Social acceptance of gender inequality is decreased Equally Safe in Higher Education Project Implementation Plan Outcome 2 Outcome 3 Perpetrators dealt with Social tolerance effectively; reduced reof all forms of offending VAW reduced EQUALLY SAFE OUTCOMES Outcome 1 Individual needs of those affected fully met at earliest point ESHE Toolkit ESHE WORKSTREAMS Curriculum & KE • MOOC • PG Programme DA • Curric developmen t • Social work, Social Policy Education • • GBV Primary Prevention Campus Policy, Safety, HR • Awareness Raising Campus GBV Policy Campaigns Campus GBV safety Plan • Bystander Programme Organisational & Staff (II) Development • Fresher’s Induction Incident monitoring & • Year group based reporting GBV prevention Responses to perpetrators programmes First responder training & • Peer Education disclosure handling programmes Reporting & intervention • Plan Programme pathways ESHE Research evaluation Early Intervention • Clear signposting to support/service pathways • Specialised support & service provision for staff and students • Good Practice Guide

Rapid Review of Scottish Landscape Building on UUK Report Whole Campus Survey Online Staff & Students Qualitative Interviews & Focus Groups Individual and specialist groups The Interventio n Initiative Strathclyde Champions THE TOOL KIT

Methodology Interviews Pilot Survey Re. Pilot self selecting sample - survey anonymous Survey Specialist Focus Groups targeted groups e. g. LGBT+, sports societies

The Survey Blank box Campus Safety Experiences Blank box • Physical / non-physical / controlling behaviours • Stalking • Sexual harassment, abuse & violence Victimisation & Perpetration Reporting “Lad Culture” Gender (in)Equality

GBV Staff and Student Policy Development • • Collaborative Development: internal/external stakeholders Co-ordinated cross-campus and community response Asking the key questions on disclosure Confidentiality vs action Record taking and retention Giving the staff member control Related disclosures by 3 rd party Alleged perpetrators: • internal and external investigations • disciplinary action • GBV Early Intervention

ESHE - GBV Early Intervention • University of Strathclyde/Glasgow Rape Crisis Centre Partnership • GRCC Campus Drop-in Service • Report & Support (GBV) – Cross-campus emergency/non-emergency report & response process. • GBV Staff Development Training Programme - OSDU • Trauma-informed support service framework development – SEES & OSDU

ESHE – GBV Prevention • Student GBV Policy Development – SEES/USSA • Intervention Initiative (II) • Freshers’ Week • • • USSA joint planning Freshers’ Induction MOOC – GBV prevention GBV Student Survey launch ESHE Project publicity GBV Service provision publicity II Recruitment

INSIDE OUTSIDE - THE SEX INDUSTRY IN SCOTLAND Thursday 22 June 2017 3. 00 – 8. 30 pm Friday 23 June 2017 10. 00 – 1. 00 Insight Institute, The University of Strathclyde, 22 Richmond Street, Glasgow G 1 1 X A multi-media exhibition of art, photography, video and audio installations based on and featuring the voices and stories of women involved in prostitution in Scotland. A project initiative by ENCOMPASS. Exhibition is sponsored by Equally Safe in Higher Education at the University of Strathclyde and The Glasgow Violence Against Women Partnership.

ESHE – Curriculum & Knowledge Exchange • Professional responses to Domestic abuse - Social Work UG/PG Qualifying Courses development • BA Social Policy – Honours Module - GBV Understanding Violence Against Women: Myths and Realities (forthcoming September 2017) https: //www. futurelearn. com/partners/university-of-strathclyde

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