"We are tired of violence against women," read the banners displayed at the Valdivia campus, where reports exceed 100 a year, following a series of unresolved accusations against school staff.

A "feminist seizure" has been in effect since April. "We are being harassed, abused and assaulted in our own spaces and that cannot be allowed."

Official gender violence figures show as many as 90 per cent of women have faced a situation involving sexual harassment at some point in their lives.

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