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African Female

East Asia

They [the university] have to recruit the staff, but they […] should [also] open a training session for persons who want to become a volunteer English sexual violence consultant or something like that. Because at…

I can’t compare with Canadians in this situation, but my perspective is of being a foreigner here with the language barrier. I would appreciate people who can listen to me; people who are listening carefully,…

Can I ask that CBU recruit [staff who support survivors] who come from same cultures – share the same cultures with Southeast Asian? [laughs]

Yeah, I think for East Asian people – East Asian students – they tend to be shy, or they don’t say their whole feeling. So, they should be able to understand the – how do…

I think the security staff and human rights officer should have sympathy, because Southeast Asians, they may hide their feelings. They want to hide their feelings and sometimes they are not ready to show them…

So my point is that our culture is very conservative. Like, Asia, or Asians, are very conservative. The society as a whole is conservative, therefore, the people are very conservative. […] Not a lot of…

When I report an issue, and as a victim, I don’t want the people who are listening to me is – is a man. Can they make sure that the officer or the people I…

I believe that the thoughts, and the ideology of “the victim” is created from where they grow up, or what they are being taught. So, my [suggestion] is to let […] someone who understands the…

My question is, how long it would take in the investigation until the survivor feels completely safe? Because the survivor would be so scared to even go to the campus because the person [the victim/survivor]…

Maybe I just missed the information from you, but the question that I came up with is, what if the sexual violence situation happens outside of campus? For example, what if it happens at someone’s…

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