Sexual Violence. Every employee has the right to work in an environment that is free from sexual violence and from any reprisal or threat of reprisal for the reporting of such behaviour. The parties agree to jointly co-operate to ensure that allegations of sexual violence are effectively dealt with and to ensure those who make such allegations in good faith are able to do so without fear of reprisal. Policies and procedures for the treatment of complaints of sexual violence have been developed by the Employer. The current “Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Policy” developed by the Employer will not be revised without consultation with the Union.
Sexual Violence. Sexual violence includes rape (forced oral, vaginal or anal penetration with a penis), sexual assault by penetration (forced oral, vaginal or anal penetration with an object), forced sexual acts and forced sex with others, forced prostitution and pornography, cutting or disfiguring of genitalia, refusal to practice safe sex and refusal to adhere to religious prohibitions. Findings from the 2010/2011 British Crime Survey indicate that 19% of women and 2% of men have experienced sexual assault by an intimate partner since the age of 16 (Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxx, et al, 2012).
Sexual Violence. Table 4 also displays the results of the sexual violence logistic regression model. All marriage practice variables showed a significant relationship to sexual violence occurrence. With a 1 Lakh increase in village dowry estimate, women were 64% more likely to experience sexual violence. With a 1 Lakh increase in village estimated brideweatlh, women were 73% less likely to experience sexual violence. Village permissibility to marry a girl to her cousin was associated with a 59% lower likelihood for a woman to experience sexual violence. Village permissibility to marry within the natal village was associated with a 32% higher likelihood of experiencing sexual violence. Married women living in South India were 155% more likely to experience sexual violence compared to married women living in the north. On the state level, as NSDP per capita increased, the likelihood for experiencing violence was lowered. Women from households classified as richer and richest on the wealth index were less likely to experience violence than the poorest households. Compared to Hindu women, Muslim women were significantly more likely and Christian women were significantly less likely to experience sexual violence. There was a negative association between age and violence. Older wives were less likely to experiencing sexual violence than younger wives. Across education levels, only women with a primary education were more likely to experience sexual violence compared uneducated and higher educated women. Those with a secondary education or higher were significantly less likely to experience violence compared to those with none. Wives involved in the work force were more likely to experience violence than those who were not working outside of the home. Among working women, those in non-manual positions experienced a higher likelihood of violence than those in manual labor jobs. Similar to other models, a younger age at first marriage was associated with a higher likelihood for experiencing sexual violence. With each additional child, the odds of a woman experiencing violence were 4% higher.
Sexual Violence. 29.01 The Employer and Union are committed to a working and learning environment which is free of sexual violence as defined in the University policy on Sexual Violence Prevention.
(A) It is acknowledged that NSCAD University has a sexual violence policy which includes procedures for responding to complaints of sexual violence, details of which may be obtained from the Director of Human Resources.
(B) The Sexual Violence policy is to be administered in a manner that is consistent with Article 8- Academic Freedom and Responsibility.
Sexual Violence. Sexual Violence means any violence, physical or psychological, that is committed, threatened or attempted against an individual without the individual’s consent through a sexual means or by targeting gender or sexuality. This includes, but is not limited to, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, indecent exposure, voyeurism, degrading sexual imagery, and distribution of sexual images or video of a College Community member without their consent. It can include a singe incident or a pattern of behaviour whether in person, online or via other means.
Sexual Violence. Refugee women not only experience conflict-related human rights violations including torture and war trauma, but women and children are concurrently threatened with forms of sexual violence which is used with political motive or as means of extortion (UNHCR, 1995). There are both societal and structural uses of sexual violence for intimidation and control, for example mass rape has been used to control populations or humiliate and conduct the ethnic cleansing of minority populations (UNHCR,1995). The worldwide estimate of the risk of sexual violence states that 1 in 3 women and girls will experience a form of sexual violence. However, refugees face multiple factors of vulnerability including immigration status, poverty, and in-country or regional circumstances such as conflict or post-conflict settings that increase that risk of sexual violence (WHO, 2017). Women and children are targeted by police, military, border, or other officials and if detained or forced by regional or community male leaders, these women and children can be bartered or sold for weaponry or other benefits (UNHCR, 1995). Half of Rohingyan refugees from Myanmar are women, and many of these women reported experiences of intimidation due to personal experiences of sexual abuse and exploitation (Xxxxxxx, T., Xxxxxxxxx, I., Xxxxx, M. I., and Xxxxxx, M, 2020). The threat of sexual violence has a looming presence in the decisions and experiences of refugee women and girls as they navigate conflict (Xxxxx X. and Xxxx A., 2011; Xxxxx L., Xxxxxx X., Xx X. et al, 2017). The psychological effect of the perceived risk of victimization alone includes fear and heightened anxiety that persists across adolescence and into late adulthood for refugee women across each stage of the refugee experience (Xxxxxxxxxx X., Xxxxxx R., Xxxxxxxx E., 2014; Xxxxx L., Xxxxxx X., Xx X. et al, 2017). And although all crime and forms of violence pose an eminent threat to refugee women - sexual assault or rape overshadows these other forms of victimization (Xxxxxxx X. X., 1996). Thus, sexual violence and targeting of refugee women remains a common and significant threat to their safety, physical health, and psychosocial health. Refugee women commonly face the threat of sexual violence from authority figures including soldiers, border guards, and police (X. Xxxxx and X. Xxxxxxx, 2000). On their subsequent migration as they flee their home country, women and girls are at risk of experiencing heightened physical sexual viol...
Sexual Violence. 33.01 The Employer and Union are committed to a working and learning environment that is free of sexual violence as defined in the university policy on Sexual Violence Prevention. Both the Employer and the Union understand and are committed to fulfilling their obligations under the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act.
Sexual Violence. Sexual violence (SV) is any sexual act that is perpetrated against someone's will. SV encompasses a range of offenses, including a completed nonconsensual sex act (i.e., rape), an attempted nonconsensual sex act, abusive sexual contact (i.e., unwanted touching), and noncontact sexual abuse (e.g., threatened sexual violence, exhibitionism, voyeurism, verbal or behavioral sexual harassment, or taking nude photographs of a sexual nature of another person without his or her consent or knowledge, or of a person who is unable to consent or refuse). All types involve victims who do not consent, or who are unable to consent or refuse to allow the act.” (CDC 2011)
