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Gender Violence in Academia

Gender Violence in Academia

Hina Kousar
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 12
ISBN13: 9781522570363|ISBN10: 1522570365|EISBN13: 9781522570370
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7036-3.ch007
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Kousar, Hina. "Gender Violence in Academia." Social Issues Surrounding Harassment and Assault: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 132-143. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7036-3.ch007

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Kousar, H. (2019). Gender Violence in Academia. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Social Issues Surrounding Harassment and Assault: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (pp. 132-143). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7036-3.ch007

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Kousar, Hina. "Gender Violence in Academia." In Social Issues Surrounding Harassment and Assault: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 132-143. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7036-3.ch007

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Abstract

This is an exploratory research conducted in three universities of Delhi – University ‘X', University ‘Y' and University ‘Z'. The objective is to study the scope and incidence of various types of sexual violence behaviors experienced by women on campus: undergraduate women; postgraduate women; research scholars; and faculty. This chapter explores types, kind and nature of sexually harassing behaviors; sexual harassment, rape, sexual assault, stalking, and intimate partner violence, experienced by women in campus; the occurrence of different type of behavior among women in age group of 18 to 65 years. Finding indicates 80 percent acknowledged sexual and psychologically offensive behavior. About 70 percent of total sample acknowledged that they were sexually assaulted. A very small percent 2 percent acknowledged of being attempted raped and 89 percent underwent stalking.

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