In resilient fight against rape and other violations Veragold Foundation has commended the national assembly for Supporting Anti-Sexual Harassment Bill, which seeks to prevent, prohibit and redress the sexual harassment of students in tertiary educational institutions.
The Bill include:
- Prohibiting the offence of sexual harassment of students in tertiary institutions;
- Criminalizing the act of neglect or failure of administrative heads of tertiary institutions to address complaints of sexual harassment within a specified period;
- Creating a strict liability offence by removing mutual consent, as a defense in the prosecution of sexual harassment cases in tertiary educational institutions; and
- Maintaining and sustaining the fiduciary relationship that exists between educators and students with the aim of making tertiary institution a conducive center of learning and moral rectitude.
