Report on zero-tolerance approaches to gender-based violence in higher education and research

Abstract

This deliverable aims at establishing an EU baseline on zero-tolerance (ZT) to gender-based violence, including sexual harassment. A central part of this deliverable is an analysis of the current state of play in two national contexts: case studies of the Swedish (SE) and Irish (IE) Higher Education Institution (HEI) policies and policy implementation processes of a zero-tolerance approach (ZTA) to gender-based violence. These two EU member states have been identified as having a ZTA in their national gender-based violence policy framework, based on the results of the ERA Forum Subgroup on Inclusive Gender Equality Taskforce on Gender-based Violence review of EU member state policy.Further, a brief background and description of the current scholarly debates related to the ZTA is included, as well as key conclusions and recommendations.