West Africa

Participant 1: Okay, so basically, sexual assault for me is – […] I don’t know how to put it. So, basically, if there is a guy, and let’s say […] I am not ready to…

I think there should be a representative for each culture at the Mount, […] so that if you are speaking to someone, the person understands where you are coming from and the person can actually…

My question is, if the person doesn’t struggle, because maybe they feel like they don’t have the strength […] is it still okay to report the case?

Participant 1: Personally, I think it’s [the policy is] a very important piece of information to have. […] I mean, right now, given the fact that we are talking about university students, there are some…

[In terms of] what Participant 2 just said about this [discussion about the sexual assault policy] being in class – what about some people in that class who may be going through that trauma? And…

Do they do anything to help them, or do they just leave them? Like, do they provide support groups to help them and stuff like that, or do they just leave them?

Actually, I did Psychology in nursing. I mean that was 20 years ago, but it’s – every women feels the same. We may physically have different cultural backgrounds, but when it comes to sexual harassment,…

The words [in the policy] are very hard to understand, and it breaks down every – almost every difficult word. […]. Just like she said, it’s a bit bulky and no one is going to…

The tricky thing is that, yes, they [my parents] would respond positively to the policy, but at the same time, they are the kind of people that don’t want much attention drawn to themselves -…

I think that if the men [were] here, maybe the men would want to hear how I don’t want to be treated. Like one of the participants said, um, some people don’t know that its…