North Africa

[If a friend discloses to me], I will try to explain in a calm and cool-headed way, and probably confidently as well, in the sense that when you are faced with a big problem, you…

I think listening [is the most important part of supporting a friend who discloses]. I totally agree with participant number two, cause’ at the end of the day, a person might, if they decided to…

We need to raise more awareness about problems like these, because I think in our culture, more than western culture, this type of stuff is slept upon. It’s not talked about enough, or it’s even…

I think in North Africa, we have this culture to blame the victim. It’s very important to make the victim understand that he or she isn’t the problem. They didn’t commit any mistake; so I…

Unfortunately, our culture sometimes has the tendency to blame the victim, blaming it on how they were dressed. Probably the biggest thing they say is, “You were dressing too inappropriately, so you were asking for…

In our culture, sexual assault is considered one of the taboo subjects. It is never talked about. Victims have to suffer through [it] alone, in silence, which makes it much harder. So, I think it…