In Thailand, there is an alarming lack of studies in this regard. In The Hunting Ground, a number of women talk openly about their harrowing experiences, including a tale of seduction, gang rape, and how some of the assailants are still walking around the school undisturbed.Īccording to Dr Waraporn, the issue of sexual harassment in universities is a serious issue, one that has been researched and highlighted repeatedly over the years in countries such as the US. It also released the names of schools that were under investigation then, including top names such as Harvard and University of California at Berkeley. In the US in 2014, the White House released guidelines on how campus rapes are to be addressed. However, studies focusing on sexual crimes in schools and universities are absent. Other numbers are often alarming a study supported by Thai Health Promotion Foundation reported that 29 victims of rape crimes were killed in 2013. Statistics show that there were around 4,000 rape cases reported each year in Thailand between 2009-2014. “Thai society still has a tendency to blame the victims of these cases, most often women, questioning their garments and demeanour’s influence in the causation of the crime,” said Dr Waraporn, representative of the Women’s Well-being Program. Joining him on stage at the seminar are students/activists Rawimon Jangwang and Nattanan Warintharawet, as well as representatives from gender-rights organisations Dr Waraporn Chamsanit and Jetsada Thamsombut. “I think all Thai men are aware of the forms of sexual harassment being perpetuated in society,” said host Sirote Klampaiboon, a Humanitarian Studies professor from Thammasat University. The seminar was attended by guest speakers from various humanitarian and gender-rights organisations, and was also opened to input from the attending crowd, as well. Organised by the Women’s Well-being Program of Thailand and Documentary Club, the screening in Thailand was followed by the “Thai University Life: Is it really safe?” seminar, giving relevance to this universal problem as participants discuss common misconceptions regarding sexual harassment within Thai universities, as well as society as a whole.
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The stirring song, from The Hunting Ground, was nominated for Best Original Song (and lost to Writing’s On The Wall from Spectre). The powerful and shocking film relies on on-camera testimonies of many young women and men who speak on how they were raped in colleges and how those colleges denied them justice.Īt the Oscar ceremony on Feb 28, Lady Gaga performed Til It Happens To You on stage along with an array of sexual assault survivors. The film tells the alarming story of sexual assault at many of US universities - including some of their most prestigious - as well as these universities’ appalling efforts in trying to keep these attacks hidden.
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It was a sobering afternoon of hard truths following the screening of the documentary, The Hunting Ground at SF Cinema at CentralWorld on Saturday. A panel dicussion ‘Thai University Life: Is it really safe?’ following the screening of The Hunting Ground, a documentary about rapes in US colleges.