{"id":170,"date":"2016-07-27T18:09:23","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T18:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/japan\/?page_id=170"},"modified":"2018-02-06T18:08:12","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T18:08:12","slug":"sexual-assault-and-harassment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/japan\/health-and-safety\/sexual-assault-and-harassment\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexual Assault and Harassment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Middlebury supports an atmosphere of respect and does not tolerate any form of harassment, sexual or otherwise within the program. This includes, but is not limited to, unwanted conduct of a sexual nature, or any intimidating or hostile acts directed toward any individual, regardless of his\/her association with the program. If you experience any type of sexual harassment, regardless of whether the offender has any relationship with our program, please notify your on-site staff immediately so they can develop an appropriate course of action on your behalf.<\/p>\n<p>Studying abroad may increase your risk of unwanted sexual contact.\u00a0 The Department of State has this to say: <a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/international-travel\/before-you-go\/travelers-with-special-considerations\/women-travelers.html\">https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/international-travel\/before-you-go\/travelers-with-special-considerations\/women-travelers.html<\/a>. Although the site addresses itself to women travelers, it contains information for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Our on-site staff is your primary resource for advice to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.middlebury.edu\/study-abroad\/health\/assault\/sexual_violence_guidelines\">keep yourself safe<\/a> and can also direct you to local support resources. We also have information by site (scroll for your site) to local laws as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.middlebury.edu\/study-abroad\/health\/assault\/assault\">local support resources<\/a> on our website.<\/p>\n<p>To help protect yourself from sexual assault and harassment:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do not accept the invitation to visit somebody unless you know him\/her well.<\/li>\n<li>Do not smile or smile back to people you pass by on the street.<\/li>\n<li>Move yourself to a crowded place if a person follows you.<\/li>\n<li>At night, be careful when walking around alone and avoid traveling by hired car by yourself;<\/li>\n<li>Never take a taxi or hired car if there is another passenger in the car already;<\/li>\n<li>Never take a taxi that is unregistered.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Middlebury supports an atmosphere of respect and does not tolerate any form of harassment, sexual or otherwise within the program. This includes, but is not limited to, unwanted conduct of a sexual nature, or any intimidating or hostile acts directed toward any individual, regardless of his\/her association with the program. If you experience any type of sexual harassment, regardless of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":235,"parent":160,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-170","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410,"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170\/revisions\/410"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}