{"id":181691,"date":"2025-09-18T12:41:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T10:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=181691"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:55","slug":"zo-gaan-gezelligheidsverenigingen-dit-jaar-aan-de-slag-met-sociale-veiligheid-binnen-de-vereniging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2025\/09\/18\/zo-gaan-gezelligheidsverenigingen-dit-jaar-aan-de-slag-met-sociale-veiligheid-binnen-de-vereniging\/","title":{"rendered":"This is how student societies are tackling social safety this year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several student societies are kicking off new programmes, working groups or workshops this week to address social safety within their organisations. \u201cEveryone understands the seriousness of the issue, and everyone recognises that we, as a society, have to do something about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Just a week and a half after the murder of 17-year-old Lisa as she cycled home from a night out, mayor Carola Schouten used the Opening of the Academic Year to call on students and societies to \u2018speak respectfully about women, so that they feel safe here too<\/a>\u2019. Skadi, RSC\/RVSV and SSR-Rotterdam are trying to meet that call by starting another six-month programme this week in collaboration with Gelijkspel<\/em>, a foundation that helps student societies reflect on how they interact with each other, including sexually. Former student board members working for the foundation run workshops for students, committees and boards, and help develop policies for a socially and sexually safe environment.<\/p>\n

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SSR worked with Gelijkspel for the first time last year. Together with two mentors from the foundation, the board examined the society. The result was a new code of conduct \u2018more suited to the current times\u2019, and a plan to improve the role of the confidential advisers. Posters with QR codes now hang in the toilets, so students can \u2013 anonymously or not \u2013 send a message if they want to talk. Board member Sanne Kok is one of SSR\u2019s two confidential advisers. She received training for the role through Gelijkspel. \u201cMy fellow adviser and I have a conversation with a member at least once a week. Usually, someone just wants to get something off their chest. But sometimes, it\u2019s about transgressive behaviour.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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