16th February 2024
Following the release of former Paralympian, Oscar Pistorius, from prison on 5 January 2024, an international debate has been sparked on the topic of gender-based violence in South Africa. Content Warning Oscar Pistorius, who was convicted of murder after shooting and killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in their home in Pretoria on 14 February 2013, ...
16th December 2022
The Ross report highlights informally coordinated responses to GBV cases and the pressure put on staff and student union members to deal with cases of sexual misconduct. The University of Glasgow has published the Ross Report on gender-based violence (GBV) and announced that it will implement all but one of its sixteen recommendations in full, ...
6th May 2022
The extra money will allow the SRC to introduce an extra Advice Worker and a Gender-Based Violence Counsellor. The Student Representative Council (SRC) has secured extra funding from the University of Glasgow to fund two new student support roles. The money will provide a new full-time advice worker, who will begin working in the new ...
30th September 2021
The vigil will be taking place all day at the Jubilee Gates with students encouraged to bring mementoes to honour Sabina. Successful Women At Glasgow (SWAG) invite students to come and attend an all-day vigil at Kelvingrove Park being held in honour of Sabina Nessa. The vigil is taking place by the Jubilee Gates in ...
