To
The Vice-chancellor
University of Mumbai
Mumbai.
Respected sir,
We the students, teachers and staff of Mumbai University demand that in the wake of the rising cases of crimes against women some urgent steps are required to be taken to ensure the safety and security of the women in the university campus. Together with this, attempts ought to be made to create a healthy environment in university campus so that a sense of respect and equality could be developed not only towards women but to everyone. Our concrete demands are as follows:
1.Women cell should be expanded and representatives of students from each department, from teacher’s community and from staff community also should be included in it.
2.Establish a Committee against Sexual Harassment with representatives from entire university community, i.e., students, teachers and karmacharis. Such a committee should be headed by a woman.
3.Install complaint boxes around the campus in different departments and various public places and assure smooth and timely redressal of the complaints.
4. Abolish the rule of curfew hours at the Girls' hostels. Girls should not be penalized and ghettoized for the crimes of perverts. Rather, they should be allowed to collectively claim the streets, university campus, hostels and other public spaces. Such public spaces should not remain a monopoly of men.
5. Include a compulsory non-credit course on gender sensitization in the university curriculum.
6. Outstation girl students who do not get hostels and live in the city on their own should be provided safe means of transport to the university. For this, the University might work with the Transport Department and run University Special Buses from the major student neighbourhoods.
7.Any religious/secular text which promotes misogynist and patriarchal culture should be identified by a university committee of experts and removed from the university syllabus.
8.Promote the creation of a democratic space within the university campus, so that there can be free exchange of ideas between all sections of students. Such a step would do away with the segregation between boys and girls and create a healthy mentality.
Thanking you
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