Alia

When I was at high school and university I was a member of the non-profit ‘AFS-Intercultura’, which promotes intercultural learning and education in schools all over the world. Its aim is to help students develop the skills needed to accept diversity and to create a world based on tolerance and peace. 

My passion for diversity grew even stronger in Hong Kong, where I pursued my PhD. There, I had the privilege to lead a university-based interfaith fellowship which was open to students not only of any religion but also of no religious affiliation. 

During my PhD studies at the University of Hong Kong I became the first Anti-sexual-harassment contact person for the School of Humanities. Here are some materials that can be useful to raise awareness on sexual harassment among university students:

This is an interesting article on how behaviors that are typical (and innocuous) in one culture can be regarded as sexual harassment in other cultural contexts: