Sexual Harrassment

University of New Mexico Sexual Harassment Policy

Sexual harassment is defined as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when:

submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's employment or academic advancement;
submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions or academic decisions affecting such individual;
such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work or academic performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working or academic environment; or
a supervisor fails to take corrective action when he or she knows, or reasonably should have known, that a subordinate employee is being subjected to sexual harassment.

For more information on this policy go towww.unm.edu/%7Eubppm/ubppmanual/3780.htm

Information from the Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) on definition, training, and policy
http://www.unm.edu/~oeounm/

Filing a claim at OEO
http://www.unm.edu/~oeounm/filing_a_claim.htm

Contact Info:
Office of Equal Opportunity
University of New Mexico
609 Buena Vista NE
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Phone: (505) 277-5251
Fax: (505) 277-1356
TDD: (505) 277-1745
oeounm@unm.edu

Resources: University of New Mexico and Albuquerque

The WRC offers crisis intervention, information, and referrals. Phone (505) 277-3716

Campus Police/Security Escort Service If you are concerned about your safety leaving campus there are campus police security aides available. This service is provided on a first come first serve basis and waiting for campus police to arrive may be required. The area the escort service covers is: Student Family Housing, main, and south UNM campus. The caller must specify the pick-up location. Arrangements can be made with the UNM Child Care Center for the child to be ready upon the arrival of the parent. (505) 277-2241

UNM Student Health & Counseling provides UNM students with individual and occasional group counseling. Phone (505) 277-3136 www.unm.edu/~shc1/

Counseling, Assistance & Referral Services (CARS) provide a confidential and accessible setting for faculty and staff to freely discuss concerns that affect their personal lives or job performance.

UNM Hospitals - Phone (505) 272-2111
hospitals.unm.edu/

New Mexico Human Rights Coalition - Phone (505) 292-4211

Albuquerque Human Rights Office - Phone (505) 924-3380

Resources: National

9 to 5 National Association of Working Women provides information on legal rights and strategies to win fair treatment on the job.
Job Survival Hotline 1-800-522-0925
National office (414) 274-0925
Local contact Jan Broughton (505) 293-1918
http://www.9to5.org/

Office for Civil Rights is dedicated to ensuring equal access to education and promoting educational excellence throughout the nation through vigorous enforcement or civil rights. For information on resources for addressing sexual harassment visit http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/strategic2000.html

National Organization for Women (NOW) and violence against women. Information on "Together We Can Stop the Violence" and the Violence Against Women Act now.org/issues/violence/index.html

Violence Against Women Act of 1994 http://endabuse.org/vawa/

Cyberangels is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to safety on the Internet, providing information on cyberstalking and online harassmenthttp://www.cyberangels.org/

Links are for information only. The WRC does not constitute
endorsement or accuracy of the information.

Updated May 17, 2011