Citation

Valls R, Puigvert L, Melgar P, Garcia-Yeste C. Violence Against Women 2016; 22(13): 1519-1539.

Affiliation

University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801215627511

PMID

26825116

Abstract

The first research conducted on violence against women in the university context in Spain reveals that 62% of the students know of or have experienced situations of this kind within the university institutions, but only 13% identify these situations in the first place. Two main interrelated aspects arise from the data analysis: not identifying and acknowledging violent situations, and the lack of reporting them. Policies and actions developed by Spanish universities need to be grounded in two goals: intransigence toward any kind of violence against women, and bystander intervention, support, and solidarity with the victims and with the people supporting the victims.

Language: en