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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Six out of ten students attending higher education in Mozambique have been sexually harassed by their lecturers, according to a study<\/b> launched by the non-governmental organisation Centro de Integridade Pu\u0301blica (CIP).<\/p>\n

The study \u201cSexual harassment in higher education in Mozambique: When the victim is someone else\u2019s daughter, nobody cares\u201d (full text in English HERE<\/b>), launched on Tuesday, is based on field research in eight higher education institutions in the city of Maputo and the provinces of Tete, Manica and Inhambane.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt shows that between 2019 and 2022, of the 30 complaints of sexual harassment in higher education institutions, half ended up being dismissed, six of the cases are ongoing, and only nine have reached an outcome that culminates in the punishment of those involved,\u201d the survey said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe vast majority don\u2019t report it for fear of reprisals, and the few [students] who have the courage to report it don\u2019t receive the support they deserve,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

CIP pointed out that harassment continues to occur in higher education institutions despite being criminalised and punished under the Penal Code.<\/p>\n

The study said that the number of complaints is far from reflecting the reality of existing cases due to the lack of credibility in the mechanisms for reporting and protecting whistleblowers.<\/p>\n

According to the same source, 80% of cases resulting from complaints of sexual harassment were dismissed due to a lack of material evidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe difficulty in presenting material evidence on the part of the complainants was used by the institutions to justify the filing of 12 sexual harassment cases, which represent 80% of the total of 15 complaints filed,\u201d the text reads.<\/p>\n

In some cases, complaints of sexual harassment involving students are filed with the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office and the courts, but some complaints end up being dismissed, it said.<\/p>\n

The CIP noted that the existing institutional mechanisms do not specify what should be used as evidence of sexual harassment.<\/p>\n

The regulation on combating corruption and sexual harassment, applied in technical and vocational education, only states that \u201ccomplaints should contain as much information as possible to enable the offenders to be held accountable, from the identification of the complainant and the offender, the description of the facts, to the indication of witnesses,\u201d the CIP survey emphasises.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Mozambique, although educational institutions recognise sexual harassment as a problem, they are still not sufficiently prepared to deal with reported cases (…). Only two higher education institutions have established specific channels for reporting and investigating cases of sexual harassment,\u201d the study noted.<\/p>\n

The research recommends a specific law to combat sexual harassment in higher education and the creation of independent governing bodies that operate outside universities to deal with issues of reporting sexual harassment of students.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education should create regulations to prevent and combat sexual harassment in higher education.<\/p>\n

The study said that the resolution of sexual harassment cases should be included in the quality indicators used to measure the performance of higher education institutions, and the mechanisms guaranteeing the protection of whistle-blowers should be strengthened to avoid possible retaliation and encourage reporting.<\/p>\n

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