Sexual and gender-based violence refers to acts that inflict physical, mental, or sexual harm or suffering, threats of such acts, coercion and other deprivations of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life based on one’s gender and/or sexuality. It includes sexual harassment, domestic violence (DM) and intimate partner violence (IPV) amongst other practices (based on the UN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 1993).
The University Grants Commission has formulated strategies for preventing SGBV in universities in collaboration with the Federation of University Teachers’ Associations and CARE International Sri Lanka. The Equal Opportunity Cell of the faculty will pay attention on ensuring the prevention of SGBV among students in the Faculty.
