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Latin America

My advice for them [university staff who work with SV/SA policies] would be to really do their research about our culture, that is, from Latin America, so they won’t make accusations or assumptions and stereotypes,…

Like the other girl said, it needs to be shared; and it needs to reach more people to prevent further violence, to better support survivors, and to heal and recover. It is nice that it…

My advice regarding security staff is that they should be more helpful. In my experience, there’s one time I went with them for a problem that I had on campus, and at the beginning they…

I know some people are aware. Like, for example, here in Canada, we are taught and we can read about it [the policy], but since we are such an international community and we all have…

The thing that I just noticed is the International Centre does not mention anything of this policy and it’s obvious that minority groups, which is basically international students, are the ones experiencing higher risks of…

Latin America: The most dangerous place to be a woman

Lagos Lira, 2017

Sexual Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Desk Review

Contreras, Guedes, & Dartnall, 2010