Prorectorate for Affirmative Action and Equity (PROAFE)

The responsibilities of the Coordination Office of Sexual Diversity and Confronting Gender-Based Violence are:

• implement policies for confronting gender phobia and violence against women inside UFSC;
• coordinate programs, projects and activities that strive for the respect and dignity of the LGBT community, independently of sexual orientation and gender identity;
• promote lectures and institutional campaigns for confronting gender phobia and violence against women;
• receive and report complaints of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity;
• report complaints from women who are victims of violence as derived from the women’s service center;
• revise UFSC legislation in order to guarantee human rights related to sexual diversity and violence against women, helping to establish academic penalties for violators;
• coordinate projects of training and continuing education within the themes of human rights, sexual diversity and violence against women for UFSC students, faculty and staff;
• stimulate the creation of a network of support and orientation for women, in the Administrative Units of UFSC, aimed at building inter-institutional relations and improving service standards for women who are victims of violence within the university’s scope.

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