Today (Friday 5 March 2021) representatives from the NSW Police Force met with key stakeholders in the education sector to discuss the issue of sexual.
NSW school principals in crisis meeting after petition detailed thousands of alleged sexual assaults
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Chanel Contos started the petition calling for schools to teach better sexual education on consent.
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More than 100 private school principals have convened for a crisis meeting following a petition detailing thousands of alleged sexual assaults against former students.
Key points:
A petition started by Chanel Contos has 27,338 signatures
Some women wrote they had been forced to perform sexual acts
Former Kambala student Chanel Contos started the petition last month, because she was sick of constantly hearing my friends experience of sexual abuse .
Police urge schoolgirls to report assaults, even if they decide against charges
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Police want schools to encourage student sexual assault victims to come forward, even if they decide against pursuing criminal charges, saying details about their experience could provide valuable intelligence.
The information will not be held against people unless they were convicted, but could identify trends or repeat offenders, police told independent school principals at a private meeting on how to respond to sexual assaults, multiple sources told the
Herald.
The call came from the head of the NSW sex crimes squad, Stacey Maloney, who also urged principals to keep in close contact with their local crime commander.