This Day is organized with a Swiss wide Campaign led by the University of Lucerne. The goal of the campaign is to preventively counteract sexual harassment and sexism. A culture should be created and cultivated at our institutions in which there is no place for sexual harassment. More info about the campaign can be found below.

Swiss universities and research institutions want to ensure that all members of the higher education landscape can study and work in a safe and respectful environment. This is why swissuniversities launched the Sexual Harassment Awareness Day as part of the project "P-7: Diversity, Inclusion and Equity in Higher Education Development". This will be held throughout Switzerland for the first time on March 23, 2023. The aim is to highlight the causes, forms and consequences of sexual harassment. Because preventing sexual harassment requires knowledge and visibility.

Find out all about the campaign and watch expert videos and a video statement of all directors and principals involved in the campaign on the campaign website.

The "True Stories: what is too close?" Project

At the 4 ETH research institutes PSI, Empa, Eawag and WSL, we use the occasion of the second national Sexual Harassment Awareness Day to broaden the topic of sexual harassment in order to address the range of experiences of transgressive behaviour.

It is important to us to offer a safe space to discuss the content of these experiences.

The cross-institutional project "True Stories" was created exactly for this purpose. 

 

SHAD 2024 activity at PSI, Empa, Eawag and WSL

On 25 April, we invite employees to take part in discussion rounds on transgressive behaviour, addressing experiences and talking about how personal lines can differ. Employees can find more detailed information on the intranet websites of the institutions or informational e-mails.

 

Time	Title	Access Link
10.00 – 10.30h	Press conference (national)
11.15-11.45h	Online Webinar “The True Costs of Sexual Harassment for All” (EN)* Speaker: Dr. Bettina Palazzo  Language: English Target group: All, especially leaders	Link
11.45-12.00h	Online Webinar «LGBTIQ+ and Sexual Harassment» (EN)* Speakers: Dr. Léïla Eisner and Dr. Tabea Hässler  Language: English Target Group: All	Link
13.15-14.00h	Online Webinar «What is Sexual Harassment and how do I find support?» (DE/FR) *   Conducted in German: Speaker: Stella Harper (Co-Founder and Co-Leader of SpeakUpETH), Lilian Fankhauser (Co-Leader Departement for Equal Opportunities and person of contact for sexual harassment at the University of Berne) Conducted in French: Speaker: Marijn van der Meer (Founder of the campaign Paye ton EPFL), Aurélie Nusbaum-de Francesco (Avocate de la gestion des conflits du travail, personne de confiance et médiatrice) Target Group: All (especially students)	Link German     Link French
17.00-18.30h	Online Panel «Crisis management in the event of sexual harassment» (DE/FR) Participants: Prof. Dr. A. Epiney (Pricipal Unifr), Y. Pieles (Investigating Person, Unibas), O. Schroeder (Crisis communications expert), N.N.  Moderation: Prof. Dr. N. Amstutz (FHNW, Co-president FORUM) Language: Simultaneous translation German-French Target Group: Persons from the crisis team of your institution and all other interested parties	Link

 

*These online events will be published in the Intranet after March, 23.