Thank you for volunteering to take this survey about sexual harassment in the courts.

This project is a collaboration between the Democratic Governance and Rights Unit (DGRU) and the South African Chapter of the International Association of Women Judges (SAC-IAWJ).

All of the information you enter into the survey will be completely anonymous. We will not collect your name or any other identifying information from you. Your responses will not be linked to you in any way.

The benefit from participating in this study is that it will help us to learn about sexual harassment in the courts and how formal complaints of sexual harassment are dealt with in the courts. The findings of this study will be used by the DGRU to contribute to improving the complaints structures that deal with sexual harassment in the courts.

We are going to ask you about your understanding, views and experience of sexual harassment in the courts. We are also going to ask you about your experience when you lodged a formal complaint of sexual harassment and the mental and/or emotional support provided or not provided to you.

If you feel upset because of any of the questions, you can contact one of the support / counselling numbers below.

You can also contact the study’s lead researcher, Ms Zikhona Ndlebe directly for a referral on 021 650 2011 or
zikhona.ndlebe@uct.ac.za. Alternatively you may contact the following:
LifeLine - Western Cape 072 355 2341 (WhatsApp text and WhatsApp call)
UCT Gender Based Violence Hotline 072 393 7824 / 021 650 3530
UCT Sexual Assault Response Team Centre (SART) 072 393 7824
National Sexual Assault Hotline 0800 656 4673
Gender Based Violence (GBV) Command Centre 0800 428 428 428

You can stop participating in the survey at any time by simply closing the questionnaire.

You may skip questions you would prefer not to answer.

This research has been cleared by the Law Faculty Research Ethics Committee (ref:
L0015NS-2022).

If you have any concerns about the research, its risks and benefits or about your rights as a research participant in this study, you may contact the Law Faculty Research Ethics Committee Administrator, Ms Lamize Viljoen, at +27
(0)21 650 3080 or at lamize.viljone@uct.ac.za. Alternatively, you may write to the Law Faculty Research Ethics Committee Administrator, Room 6.29, Kramer Law
Building, Law Faculty, UCT, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7701.

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* 1. What is your role in this court? (Select one option)

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* 2. What does sexual harassment mean to you?

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* 3. We will now ask you about your experience, if any, of sexual harassment. Remember,
if you feel upset because of any of the questions you may stop participating in the
survey by simply closing the questionnaire. You may also contact one of the helplines
provided above.

Have you ever been sexually harassed in the court building before?

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* 4. If you have been sexually harassed in the court building before, please answer the following questions:

Who sexually harassed you?

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* 5. Did you lodge a formal complaint of sexual harassment?

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* 6. If you did lodge a formal complaint of the sexual harassment, please answer the following questions:

Who did you you lodge a formal complaint of the sexual harassment to?

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* 7. On a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being easy and 10 being difficult), how easy was it to lodge a formal complaint of the sexual harassment?

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* 8. On a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being very unsatisfied and 10 being very satisfied), how satisfied were you in how the complaint was dealt with?

1 10
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* 9. Were you provided with any form of mental and / or emotional support?

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* 10. How long did it take for your sexual harassment complaint to be finalized?

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* 11. Were you regularly informed about the progress of your complaint?

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* 12. If you have been sexually harassed in the court building and did not report the sexual harassment, please answer the following questions:

What were the reasons why you did not report the sexual harassment?

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* 13. Should you decide to report the sexual harassment in the future, do you know where to report it?

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* 14. If you were to report the sexual harassment, would you want to be provided with mental and / or emotional support?

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* 15. How much time would you expect your sexual harassment complaint to take for it to be finalized?

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