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To be honest, from where I come from, I don’t think sex is that much of a taboo. I have talked about it, we have spoken about it, asked questions over and over again, we…

By: Naraini Hooda

I don’t think there’s a proper channel, you know? Like, that you can’t go to someone and, like, talk. There is a hesitancy for, like, the victim to interact, because of the – uh -…

We should spread this information to students. Whether this can be in class or we can plan an evening every semester so that the students can learn things. If someone takes 15 or 20 minutes…

A question I would have with the policy is the question of anonymity? ‘Cause, you know, like, another participant mentioned, she had a friend that eventually had to take back her complaint, or whatever, ’cause…

What level of confidentiality is maintained within the cases? ‘Cause the team behind investigations consists of so many members. So, as you said, there needs to be some kind of integrity for the issues not…

In government, we have so much policies and we never get to know where those policies are working. Just like, whenever they make the policy, it is communicated to the world, to the society, or…

What are the consequences for false accusations? Are they the same as normal charges? Or, is there a difference?

How we have been brought up is entirely different and we won’t be comfortable sharing it to any other people other than our culture. I don’t know, it’ll all depend on the individual though. I…

My immediate response, if [a friend has been sexually assaulted], is to care for her and to report. I didn’t want to let him go free. And the risk of being deported was there, but…

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