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Asian Female

South Asia

My grandparents – I think now, unlike in the past, people have been educated and everything and a lot of media have been talking about it. People keep opening up and talking about sexual violence…

[If a friend disclosed to me that she had been sexually assaulted], I would make sure that she is all right, I mean, mentally, or like, if they need any kind of comfort from you,…

How to be an ally

No author, 2020

Sexual Violence in South Asia: Key Findings & Recommendations

Equality Now & Dignity Alliance International, 2021, April 20

Nepalese women under the shadow of domestic Violence

Dhakal, 2008, February 16

“Why doesn’t she seek help for partner abuse?” An exploratory study with South Asian immigrant women

Ahmad, Driver, McNally, & Stewart, 2009