Gender-based violence in and around schools refers to acts or threats of sexual, physical, or psychological violence conducted on the basis of gender norms and stereotypes. According to the research, harassing attitudes and behaviors are observed every day in school contexts, both towards females and homosexual people, with aggressors and victims being both students and teachers. In reality, some studies show disturbing data on sexual harassment, sexual violence, and harassment in schools, indicating that these forms of discrimination are widespread.Sexual harassment is especially common in school and university settings, especially among those over the age of 15.

At the moment, there is no established system of procedures and ways of intervention to deal with concrete hazards of molestation behavior and their terrible repercussions in the event of online distribution, at least in the nations included in the FREASCO initiative.

As a result, a standard support methodology at the school and university level is now critical in order to ensure effective precautionary and preventive measures and intervention methods in the face of sexism, sexual, and homophobic harassment hazards.

The European ESHTE project has highlighted the importance of taking a system-wide approach to developing policies and procedures for responding to incidents of gender-based violence against female students, as well as ensuring that a variety of well-publicized supports are available on campus for victims/survivors and developing a clear, accessible, and representative disclosure response for incidents.