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Participant 1: The Mount could learn more about culture, to know how to deal with African students. Facilitator: Like how to make you, maybe, open up more? [laughter] Participant 1: Yeah, like, more comfortable. […]…

I have one more to add. This thought just came to my mind, so what I was thinking was, in India any form of contraception is something – is not publicly spoken about. So I…

Participant 1: I mean, the problem with the services that are free on campus, is that they are very slow. Like, the counselling services are very slow. If someone has to go and report something,…

Participant 2: Say you are the only African in the class. If something happens, you don’t even know how to say it because you feel – Participant 1: like, “oh, I am the only African.”…

It [sexual assault] is a kind of a thing where you are much free to speak about it either to your mom or your sister, but not really to the entire family, you know what…

[A friend who discloses sexual assault] could be feeling very unsure at the moment, and they also don’t know what to say at the moment. And since this is sudden -. I also don’t think…

Personally for me [if I experienced sexual assault], I think sharing with a friend, or the counselling center would be more better. Obviously, as the other said, [sharing with someone] coming from a South Indian…

My opinion is that there are two options: Either report, or you decide not to identify yourself, and still take the services. I feel that both should be in place, because like the other participant…

If you think about the South Indian perspective, I say the experiences and trauma would be just the same with any person, no matter the ethnic group or gender. But I feel […] someone who…

[To support a survivor], I think you should have good listening skills. You should also be very patient, but at the same time, someone coming to you about such a crisis, I think you should…