Report sexual and gender-based violence!

Under the message: Don't even dare! The Directorate of University Welfare and the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity continue to promote among the university community the importance of reporting sexual or gender violence, a process for which they provide support and advice through a specialized team that attends confidentially and offers all the tools to stop this type of act against human dignity.

The university community can go directly to the University Welfare area where they can receive, under absolute confidentiality, not only guidance on how to activate the pathway, but also support from the psychosocial team, as well as through the Citizen Information and Assistance Service (SAIC), which has its own platform and email. [email protected] , And finally, another option is to contact the Internal Disciplinary Control Area via email [email protected] .

Currently, a protocol is in place for addressing any case that may arise within the institution. A further protocol is being developed in conjunction with the Equity and Diversity and Legal departments, and with the support of external stakeholders such as the Public Prosecutor's Office, the Secretariat of Family and Social Integration, the National Coordinator of the "Estamos Vivas" (We Are Alive) movement, and working groups with the University community, among others. The University is in the process of coordinating with the Ministry of National Education, which, through its agreements with other entities, will provide support to strengthen this protocol for presentation to the Academic Council.

“When it comes to reports of sexual or gender-based violence, victims are usually put in a position of 'don't stay silent.' On this occasion, we wanted to add preventative actions to this message, such as talks and workshops, in order to involve all members of the University community, both potential victims and potential perpetrators, in order to prevent, hold accountable, and encourage reporting.‘.

”We aim to build the necessary trust so that those who contact us do so not anonymously, but rather that victims know our support is confidential. The development of this type of protocol and the activation of established channels also allows the institution to follow up on the case, so that the victim knows it's not something that simply disappeared,” explained psychologist Paola Andrea Cubillos from University Welfare.

According to University Welfare, this strategy also allows women and populations susceptible to being victims of sexual and gender violence to build trust in the University and dare to speak out.

Indeed, this concern is not minor since life skills training is one of the elements that is tied to our Transmodern Digital Educational Model (MEDIT), which proposes to focus on democratic values, with respect and protection of diversity being one of the aspects that forms part of this objective.

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