A group of young activists is fighting for better sex education in schools,saying they’ve been failed and want to make things better for younger students.
The father of a 16-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by another student called on the NSW Department of Education to keep a register of students who have been charged with sexual assault.
Victims of Crime Commissioner Fiona McCormack agrees with sexual assault survivors who say the State’s justice system is designed around the rights of the accused,not victims.
Sydney’s eastern suburbs,inner west,northern suburbs and Hills district have all seen a surge in sexual assault reports since Chanel Contos’ petition launched in late February.
The public discussion around rape and consent driven by women like Chanel Contos and Brittany Higgins has supercharged reporting.
Sexual consent laws would better reflect modern community standards under reforms proposed by the state government last week,yet NSW barristers are on track to strike the changes down on the basis of old-fashioned views about consent and misplaced concerns about injustice.
Educational experts and activist Chanel Contos have welcomed measures announced by the NSW Education Minister on sexual consent,but say they do not go far enough.
Sexual assault is serious,but we are at risk of criminalising sexual interactions that amount to common human behaviour.
Some people view babies as public property that can be touched or caressed without consent.
For the complainant and advocates for rape victims,it will be yet more devastating proof of how difficult it is to bring a sexual assault allegation to a court conviction.
Chanel Contos’ petition reached the requisite number of signatories to trigger a parliamentary debate one day after the state government vowed to overhaul sexual assault laws.