<![CDATA[Sexual violence in higher education frequently occurs within dating relationships, yet students often perceive romantic relationships as safe and private interpersonal spaces. This condition contributes to low awareness of relational risks among university students. This community service program aimed to analyze changes in students’ perceptions of dating relationships as vulnerable spaces for sexual violence following Sexual Violence Prevention and Handling Education. The program involved 86 undergraduate Communication Studies students at Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa using a reflective-participatory relational awareness approach. Activities included interactive discussions, relational reflection, case-based learning, and post-education perception evaluation. The findings showed increased student awareness regarding perpetrators, vulnerable victims, non-physical forms of violence, and risky interpersonal dynamics in dating relationships. Students also demonstrated greater awareness that sexual violence may occur within close romantic relationships previously perceived as emotionally safe. The program indicates that reflective sexual violence prevention and response education contributes to strengthening students’ relational awareness as an early preventive strategy for developing safer campus environments while supporting SDG 4 (Quality Education) and SDG 5 (Gender Equality).]]>
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