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UGM Student Union grows impatient with rector over delayed sexual violence prevention regulation

The head of the UGM team that drafted the regulation, Muhadjir Darwin, said it should not have taken so long for the rector to endorse the regulation, as his team had made sure the draft corresponded with existing regulations in other universities and relevant laws.

Bambang Muryanto (The Jakarta Post)
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Tue, December 17, 2019

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UGM Student Union grows impatient with rector over delayed sexual violence prevention regulation Activists from various women's organizations stage a rally in front of the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta on Dec. 1. They invited the community to oppose all forms of violence against women. (JP/Wendra Ajistyatama)

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ore than a year after a widely publicized case of alleged sexual abuse rocked Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in Yogyakarta, the university has still not passed its promised regulation on sexual violence prevention.

In November 2018, UGM’s student magazine Balairung published an investigative report into a case of alleged sexual abuse. The victim, Agni (a pseudonym), a student in the School of Social and Political Sciences, alleged that HS, a student in UGM’s School of Engineering, sexually abused her during a community service assignment (KKN) in a Maluku village on June 30, 2017.

The case promptly made headlines and UGM was criticized for its slow handling of the case and accused of victim blaming.

A team submitted a draft of the sexual violence regulation to the UGM rector in April this year. However, the rector has yet to approve the regulation.

The university had promised to pass the regulation before Dec. 13. The promise was conveyed by UGM’s deputy rector for education, learning and student affairs Djagal Wiseso Marseno, who also signed a commitment during a student rally on the campus.

However, with the date having come and gone, it is apparent the university has failed to uphold its promise.

“UGM’s rector violated the agreement. This shows the university is not serious about protecting victims of sexual violence on campus,” the UGM Student Union said in an official statement on Sunday.

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