Sexual Harassment Awareness Day (SHAD) is a nationwide campaign aimed at preventing sexual harassment at Swiss universities.

The national prevention campaign was launched in 2023 by the University of Lucerne as part of a PgB project funded by Swissuniversities. It takes place annually during the spring semester at Swiss universities. A range of awareness-raising and training initiatives are organised around this day.

The University of Lucerne's programme for the current campaign will be published on the Office of Equal Opportunity news page. 

Further information on the national campaign and the programme at other Swiss universities can be found on the nationwide campaign website.

To mark the launch of SHAD 2023, vice-chancellors from Swiss universities have issued a joint statement (video):