Date
April 24, 2018
Time
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location
NYHealth Conference Room, 1385 Broadway, 23rd Floor (corner of 38th Street), New York, NY 10018
RSVP
Sexual violence is a serious public health problem that affects millions of women and men. 1 in 5 women and 1 in 13 men will be sexually assaulted at some point during their college career in the United States.
Less than 10% will ever report the assault to their school or to the police, and those who do wait an average of 11 months to make the report. The health care costs associated with sexual assault are also alarming–a recent study found that the cost associated with each sexual assault incident averages $6,737.
For years, sexual assault and harassment on college campuses were issues that were kept tightly under wraps and rarely dealt with in public. But no more. The impact of the “Weinstein effect,” which sparked the #MeToo and #TimesUp campaigns, has sent shockwaves throughout society. From Hollywood to Congress to Silicon Valley to Corporate America, powerful perpetrators of sexual harassment and assault are starting to be held accountable.
What can colleges, universities, and other institutions do to prevent and address sexual assault on campus? How can technology be used to improve the reporting of perpetrators when sexual assault does happen? How do we address the disparities in power dynamics and empower those who have been assaulted to come forward?
Please join NYHealth for a conversation with Jessica Ladd, Founder and CEO of Callisto, a nonprofit organization that created a web-based, survivor-centered sexual assault reporting system for college campuses. With 90% of campus assaults committed by repeat assailants, Callisto’s approach increases the likelihood a survivor will report an assault. Designed in partnership with sexual assault survivors, the Callisto reporting system detects repeat perpetrators and empowers victims by making the reporting process safe and secure.