Emir Olivares and Alonso Urrutia
The newspaper La Jornada
Tuesday, July 23, 2024, p. 9
In order to combat sexual harassment within the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), the structures have been renovated to give certainty to the complaints of the victims, said the general director of that institution, Arturo Reyes Sandoval.
Present at yesterday’s morning conference, the official was asked about the actions being carried out at the higher education institution to combat this crime. He assured that strategies have been undertaken to strengthen the anonymity of complaints, such as a secure mailbox that protects the data provided, and if they have a legal basis, the corresponding authorities are notified and the investigations are carried out.
Since this modality was applied, There was a spike in the number of complaints
but little by little they have been reduced and the cases have been processed with the corresponding authorities, and he mentioned that three years ago when he took office he found that these types of accusations were not carried out properly.
So, through digital transformation, we designed a secure mailbox and strengthened it; that is, complaints would not arrive through an email where the data and names were mentioned, but in a secure manner.
At the same time, he added, the IPN signed agreements with prosecutors and other federal government structures to channel these reports of possible crimes. So that we can support these complaints, if they turn out to have sustainable bases, so that they can be passed on to these areas.
and thereby support women.
The director said that various structures have been reformed to ensure that accusations are safe, which has led to the fear of reporting disappearing. The complaints have been processed
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