The Observatoire Étudiant des Violences Sexuelle et Sexistes dans l’Enseignement Supérieur (student observatory on sexual and gender-based violence in higher education) is a national association that fights SGBV (Sexual and Gender-Based Violence) and conducts investigations to objectify this violence. Last month, the association published its 2023 National Barometer on the state of sexual and gender-based violence in higher education.

This barometer is based on more than 10,000 responses and is intended to:

  1. Raise awareness of the existence of sexual and gender-based violence in higher education institutions;
  2. Identify avenues for improvement and make recommendations to better combat this violence, and support victims;
  3. Encourage those concerned to act.

The results of this survey are alarming and show that violence continues in higher education:

  • 6 out of 10 students claim to have experienced and/or witnessed at least one case of gender-based, sexual or LGBTQIA+ phobic violence;
  • Nearly 1 in 10 students (9%) state that they have been victims of sexual violence;
  • 45% of students do not have access to any measures to combat violence, or to support within their institution (either because these measures do not exist, or because the students are not aware of them);
  • 14% of rape victims have thought about stopping their schooling.

You can view the barometer summary report by clicking here, or the detailed report that is available via this link.