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Group offers counseling for school victims of sexual harassment
July 10, 2004
Tokyo — A nationwide network campaigning against sexual harassment in schools
began two days of free telephone counseling Saturday for children who have
fallen victim to sexual harassment by teachers and school officials.
The Osaka-based National Network for School Sexual Harassment Prevention will
have female clinical psychologists and other specialists ready for the
counseling on Saturday and Sunday.
In late June, the network published booklets containing information on school
harassment, including stories by mothers of sexual harassment victims and
surveys on sexual harassment in schools, in an effort to promote measures to
prevent and combat sexual harassment.
According to the network, the number of teachers of public schools, including
elementary, junior high and high schools, who received disciplinary action in
the 2002 academic year for indecent behavior reached a record 175. It said more
than half the victims were the perpetrators' own students.
Akiko Kamei, who represents the network, says many people often believe that
teachers never sexually harass their students.
"As a result of this belief, even after victims report their suffering, people
sympathize with the perpetrators and the victims' reports are denied," she
said.
The counselors can be reached at 06-6995-1355 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on both
days. Counseling sessions will be treated as strictly confidential.
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