{"id":129849,"date":"2021-08-26T12:53:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T10:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=129849"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:49","slug":"vu-amsterdam-first-to-sign-amnesty-manifesto-against-sexual-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/08\/26\/vu-amsterdam-first-to-sign-amnesty-manifesto-against-sexual-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"VU Amsterdam first to sign Amnesty manifesto against sexual violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VU Amsterdam has become the first higher education institution to sign Amnesty International\u2019s manifesto against sexual violence among students. The university pledges to make efforts to ensure a safer academic environment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/02115119\/2018-07-31-stille-tocht-verkrachte-studente-foto-Aysha-Gasanova-7-1600x1066.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139150\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/02115119\/2018-07-31-stille-tocht-verkrachte-studente-foto-Aysha-Gasanova-7-1600x1066.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139150 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/02115119\/2018-07-31-stille-tocht-verkrachte-studente-foto-Aysha-Gasanova-7-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139150 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/02115119\/2018-07-31-stille-tocht-verkrachte-studente-foto-Aysha-Gasanova-7-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139150 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/02115119\/2018-07-31-stille-tocht-verkrachte-studente-foto-Aysha-Gasanova-7-1280x853.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139150 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/02115119\/2018-07-31-stille-tocht-verkrachte-studente-foto-Aysha-Gasanova-7-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139150 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/02115119\/2018-07-31-stille-tocht-verkrachte-studente-foto-Aysha-Gasanova-7-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139150 225w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/02115119\/2018-07-31-stille-tocht-verkrachte-studente-foto-Aysha-Gasanova-7.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139150 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p data-component=\"image-credits\" class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-2 items-center text-base\">\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M19.5 5.25H16.9012L15.6234 3.33375C15.555 3.23114 15.4623 3.147 15.3535 3.08879C15.2448 3.03057 15.1233 3.00007 15 3H9C8.87665 3.00007 8.75522 3.03057 8.64648 3.08879C8.53773 3.147 8.44502 3.23114 8.37656 3.33375L7.09781 5.25H4.5C3.90326 5.25 3.33097 5.48705 2.90901 5.90901C2.48705 6.33097 2.25 6.90326 2.25 7.5V18C2.25 18.5967 2.48705 19.169 2.90901 19.591C3.33097 20.0129 3.90326 20.25 4.5 20.25H19.5C20.0967 20.25 20.669 20.0129 21.091 19.591C21.5129 19.169 21.75 18.5967 21.75 18V7.5C21.75 6.90326 21.5129 6.33097 21.091 5.90901C20.669 5.48705 20.0967 5.25 19.5 5.25ZM15.375 12.375C15.375 13.0425 15.1771 13.695 14.8062 14.25C14.4354 14.8051 13.9083 15.2376 13.2916 15.4931C12.6749 15.7485 11.9963 15.8154 11.3416 15.6852C10.6869 15.5549 10.0855 15.2335 9.61351 14.7615C9.14151 14.2895 8.82007 13.6881 8.68985 13.0334C8.55962 12.3787 8.62646 11.7001 8.88191 11.0834C9.13735 10.4667 9.56993 9.93964 10.125 9.56879C10.68 9.19794 11.3325 9 12 9C12.8951 9 13.7535 9.35558 14.3865 9.98851C15.0194 10.6214 15.375 11.4799 15.375 12.375Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/persons\/aysha-gasanova\/\" class=\"underline hocus:no-underline decoration-1 underline-offset-2\">Aysha Gasanova<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>The results of a <a href=\"https:\/\/dub.uu.nl\/nl\/nieuws\/amnesty-elf-procent-vrouwelijke-studenten-verkracht-studietijd\">study<\/a> published by Amnesty Netherlands in June showed that rape is relatively common among students. One in ten women and one percent of men are raped during their student years. The study also revealed that most students do not know how to get help at their institution after experiencing sexual assault, or how to file a complaint.<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-lg md:text-xl\">Lees meer<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/02115012\/2018-07-31-stille-tocht-verkrachte-studente-foto-Aysha-Gasanova-17.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139149\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/02115012\/2018-07-31-stille-tocht-verkrachte-studente-foto-Aysha-Gasanova-17.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139149 2000w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/02115012\/2018-07-31-stille-tocht-verkrachte-studente-foto-Aysha-Gasanova-17-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139149 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/02115012\/2018-07-31-stille-tocht-verkrachte-studente-foto-Aysha-Gasanova-17-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139149 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/02115012\/2018-07-31-stille-tocht-verkrachte-studente-foto-Aysha-Gasanova-17-1280x853.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139149 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/02115012\/2018-07-31-stille-tocht-verkrachte-studente-foto-Aysha-Gasanova-17-1600x1066.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139149 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/02115012\/2018-07-31-stille-tocht-verkrachte-studente-foto-Aysha-Gasanova-17-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139149 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/08\/02115012\/2018-07-31-stille-tocht-verkrachte-studente-foto-Aysha-Gasanova-17-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139149 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/06\/11\/amnesty-11-percent-of-female-students-experience-rape\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tAmnesty: &#8217;11 percent of female students experience rape&#8217;\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2021-06-11\">11 June 2021<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tStudent life\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Protection<\/h2><p>Amnesty has asked higher education institutions to sign a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.nl\/wat-we-doen\/campagnes\/letstalkaboutyes\/overzicht\/qa-hoger-onderwijsinstellingen\">manifesto<\/a>, in which they promise to provide better protection for students. The manifesto aims to contribute to prevention and better support for victims.<\/p>\n<p>The VU Amsterdam executive board and student council were the first to sign the manifesto. \u201cIt\u2019s important to us that students know that they can come to us if they have problems\u201d, VU rector magnificus Vinod Subramaniam said yesterday. \u201cThat includes any problems they might have off campus.\u201d He hopes for a culture change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is fantastic that VU Amsterdam has been so quick to sign our manifesto\u201d, says Dagmar Oudshoorn, director of Amnesty Netherlands. She hopes other higher education institutions will soon follow suit.<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/persons\" class=\"mt-6 md:mt-8 lg:mt-10\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">De redactie<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-4 md:gap-8 md:items-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"teaser-person\" class=\"relative flex gap-4 items-center md:gap-8\">\n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"image:rounded-full image:size-20 image:aspect-square image:object-cover md:image:size-36 shrink-0\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/hop_logo.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770042323\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/hop_logo.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770042323 410w, 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\u2013 and why that need not discourage you\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-08-10\">10 August 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tOpinion\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"block-theme-mocha hidden lg:flex h-full relative flex bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\tflex-col @xl:flex-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative image:w-full image:aspect-video image:object-cover shrink-0 w-full @xl:w-1\/2\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/eurekaweek-koppel-2026-ssr-blijdorp-Daan-Stam-4-1280x720.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1786366588\" class=\"attachment-video_xl size-video_xl\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/eurekaweek-koppel-2026-ssr-blijdorp-Daan-Stam-4-1280x720.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1786366588 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/eurekaweek-koppel-2026-ssr-blijdorp-Daan-Stam-4-500x282.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1786366588 500w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/eurekaweek-koppel-2026-ssr-blijdorp-Daan-Stam-4-832x468.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1786366588 832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 p-4 @md:p-8 @xl:p-8 \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @sm:text-xl @md:text-2xl @xl:text-2xl\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/08\/10\/samen-sinds-eureka-jij-bent-toen-echt-keihard-uit-je-broek-gescheurd\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tTogether since Eureka: &#8216;You totally ripped your trousers&#8217;\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-08-10\">10 August 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tEurekaweek\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-mocha lg:hidden relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 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The university pledges to make efforts to ensure a safer academic environment. The results of a study published by Amnesty Netherlands in June showed that rape is relatively common among students. 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