‘Distressing and confronting’: online sexual harassment rises for Australian university students during Covid
by Calla Wahlquist from World news | The Guardian on (#5XDF7)
National survey finds one in six students have been sexually harassed, with gender diverse students affected worst
Online sexual harassment rose sharply for university students during Covid-19 lockdowns and remote learning, including on private messages during Zoom lectures, a report has found.
The national student safety survey, released by Universities Australia on Wednesday, found one in 20 students had been sexually assaulted since starting university and one in six had been sexually harassed. The survey of 43,189 students was conducted by the Societal Research Centre.
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