Sciences Po students report mishandling of sexual violence on their campus

“ Sciences Po, paradise of impunity “. Since Thursday 9 November, it is with these slogans that several dozen students from the different campuses of Sciences Po, Paris and Reims, on the front line, have demonstrated in the face of the slowness in the management of sexual violence by the prestigious school.

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One” scandalous treatment » victims of sexist and sexual violence within the institute, denounce the students who blocked access to the Sciences Po Paris campus, denounce Publication.

“Sciences-Po, rapist’s paradise”

This mobilization in Paris and Reims was organized with the aim of denouncing “hypocrisy” of the administration, which, on the one hand “communicates very widely on sexual and gender-based violence and ensures that there has been a radical change starting in 2021”while at the same time, “there are still many systemic dysfunctions”a student from Reims reports to the media.

Fifteen month long procedures

So since Thursday they have been distributing leaflets and demonstrating. In Reims, this operation was carried out by the collective light onreporting “a gap between the promises made by Sciences Po, particularly after 2021 – and the #sciencesporcs case – and how these promises are implemented », we can read on France Bleu.

Because after the 2021 launch of #SciencesPigs, a tag under which hundreds of students reported having suffered sexual violence, the General Inspectorate of Education presented an alarming report to the former Minister of Higher Education Frederique Vidal.

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This revealed shortcomings in reporting and victim protection systems. Except that two years later these shortcomings are still present. Because according to France 3 it is on average necessary fifteen months to process a file. All campuses depend on Sciences Po Paris, the procedure requires that the files are centralized. A lack of connection with the national leadership that students also denounce.

Furthermore, during the investigation, the defendants are not separated from their alleged victims. The Ignite collective from Reims ensures that there was “ cases of victims forced to live together » with their alleged attacker on campus.

For its part, Sciences Po management stated in a press release that “ the fight against gender and sexual violence is an absolute priority “. A delegation of students will be received in Reims on Monday 13 November and in Paris next week.

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