The Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies is disputing a study presented by a UN official about a culture of gender-based violence on its St Andrew campus.
Speaking on Cliff Hughes Online yesterday morning, Campus registrar, Dr Camille Bell-Hutchinson said the report lacked evidence to support its claims.
UN development specialist, Taitu Herron, chronicled some of the reported cases of violence against women on the campus in her study Whose Business Is It? Violence Against Women at UWI, Mona.
She reported that between 2010 and 2012, the offices of security services received 67 reports of violence against female students on campus, most of which took place on the halls.
However, the UWI registrar says while the UWI cannot say sexual violence does not take place on campus, the university has never had a report of sexual harassment on any of its six halls of residence.
Meanwhile, Dr Bell-Hutchinson says the university has established mechanisms to ensure that violence and particularly gender-based violence, is prevented.
She is insisting that the university does not have wide-scale cases of gender-based violence on campus. Gleaner
