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Supported. reSpected.  \nThis is how learners should feel at school  \nLearning and teaching are much more effective in such an environment. Plus it is also every learner’s legal and Constitutional right.  \nTeachers musT playa leading parT  \nTeachers have a professional, moral and legal duty to protect learners from any harm while they are at school.  \nThey therefore have a leading part to play in protecting learners from sexual violence and harassment – which is currently occurring at too many of our schools.  \nguidelines FOr besT pracTice  \nSchools and school communities therefore need to develop practical strategies to create safe schools, and to respond effectively and fairly to incidents of sexual violence and harassment, should they occur.  \nTo support them in doing so, the Department of Education has developed Guidelines for the  \nPrevention and Management of Sexual Violence and Harassment.  \nFind out all about the Guidelines in editions 4 to 6 of Genderations, where we’ll be looking at:  \n• What sexual violence and harassment are;  \n• Strategies to prevent such incidents from occurring; and  \n• Minimum standard procedures to follow when managing such incidents.  \nGEMMERS HAVE GOT THE POWER! Youngsters mix serious work with some serious fun at the end-of-year GEM & BEM empowerment camp (see back page for more).  \n in this issue: sexual violence and harassment defined • Recognising signs that a learner is being abused • What the law states about educator behaviour at school   \nPART 4 of 6 Caring School Communities  \nUNWANTED:  \nTo get your own copy of the Guidelines, contact the Gender Equity Directorate at the Department of Education: Tel: (012) 312-5420/8  \nFax: (012) 312-5218  \n[Email: ramatlo.c@doe.gov.za](Email: ramatlo.c@doe.gov.za)  \nSexual abuse at schools  \nsexual harassmenT  \nGrey areas to do with sexual harassment  \nIn the Guidelines , the basic definition of sexual harassment is unwanted conduct of a sexual nature. It includes any unwelcome physical, verbal or nonverbal conduct.  \nThis is a purposefully broad definition because individuals have different feelings about what they consider to be unwanted, or sexually inappropriate, conduct.  \nFor example, one individual may not mind someone putting his/her arm around his/ her shoulder and being called “Sweetie”. However, someone else may find this an offensive and inappropriate violation of his/her personal space, and therefore experience it as sexual harassment.  \nSpecifics about sexual harassment  \nThe Guidelines state that sexual attention is sexual harassment if:  \n• The behaviour is repeated (although a single incident can be considered as being sexual harassment);  \n• The recipient (or person on the receiving  \nend of such behaviour) has made it clear that s/he considers the behaviour to be offensive; and/or  \n• The perpetrator (or person carrying out the action/s) know, or should have known, that the behaviour is unacceptable .  \nSexual harassment is not only committed by males against females . Females can also be perpetrators of sexual harassment.  \nsexual viOlence The Guidelines define sexual violence as any sexual act or attempted sexual act using intimidation, threats of violence, or physical force.  \nSuch acts at school may include:  \n• Assault, forced sex or rape;  \n• Sexual harassment; and  \n• Sexual abuse through the sexualised touching of another’s intimate parts, and/or forcing any person to touch any person’s intimate parts.  \nIntimate parts refers to areas of the body such as the mouth; primary genital area; groin; inner thighs; buttocks; breasts; as well as clothing covering these areas .  \nVictims of such unwanted conduct pay avery high price, often suffering damage that affects them for therest of their lives.If the perpetrators of such behaviour are not dealt with effectively, the broader school environment also suffers. 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