He National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) fired 44 teachers and public workers from different campuses medium superior level and higher for complaints of sexual harassment and gender violence between 2021 and May 2023.
The owner of the Polytechnic Unit of Management with a Gender Perspective (UPGPG)Elizabeth Cabrera Chávez, explained that in the first quarter of this year there were 146 complaints from upper secondary and higher education students, from research centers and postgraduate courses for alleged cases of harassment and sexual harassment.
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The cipher is higher compared to the 95 received during 2021 and the 140 that were in 2022. The increase, said the specialist in terms of gender, it is for the promotion of the culture of denunciation.
“We do not see the increase as something negative, quite the contrary, it is a way of telling the students and the polytechnic community that we are here to serve them.
“We have complaints ranging from sexual harassment and we also have sexual harassment, It is that violence that is exercised in a degree of superiority, and those are the largest number of students that we have that are part of the polytechnic community, ”he said in an interview with El Sol de México.
Most of the complaints for sexual harassment in the institution are from campuses of the Centers for Scientific and Technological Studiesaccording to a response from IPN to a request for transparency.
According to the educational institutionbetween 2021 and May 2023, in addition to the dismissed teachers, sanctioned 113 officials with penalties in labor matters ranging from estrangement to suspension of one to eight days without wages.
In the case of sanctions against students, Cabrera Chávez acknowledged not having the data, since the Advisory Technical Council of each academic unit issues resolutions on the complaints.
The sanctions established for students for cause sexual abuse They can range from a warning, a written reprimand, temporary or permanent suspension, or temporary withdrawal from the school or unit for up to one semester.
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He IPN has a new care protocol for victims of violencewhich emerged on December 6, 2019 and was updated on May 31, 2023 with effect from July 1.
According to the director of the Gender Unit, the new protocol establishes victim care for no more than seven days and promotes preventive actions against gender violence.
The specialist mentioned that care for victims It has three stages: first contact and orientation, the presentation of the complaint and activation of the protocol, the process and procedure of the complaint, and the prevention of the gender violence.
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“In this first stage, the gender networks of all the academic units immediately contact the Gender Unit so that we can provide them with support, channel them to some agency so that they receive psychological or medical support if necessary. Cabrera Chavez said.
The authorities of the IPN They also advise and provide support to students who decide to denounce before the Unit of Investigation of Sex Offenses against students of the Mexico City Attorney General’s Office, inaugurated on May 4.
2023-06-10 08:00:00
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