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So if I decide to report this, to take this to the committee, how do you make sure my identity remains anonymous? Because I can be right, or I can just fake it- it can…

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…

Bringing in diverse sets of people for the committee is appreciated and essential. But, we also need to take extreme care in bringing people into the committee, because in cases where someone is going to…

I think the policy does not cover all students- maybe international students need to know more about it and how it works here.

Yeah, like, in our family – usually in South India – like, the concept is that a woman’s body is the most important thing for her. Even planned sex or even assault – they don’t…

I come from a more conservative background, and in our scenario, we probably wouldn’t even disclose let alone report. […]. As most of our communities are very tightly knit, information would spread out that this…

Participant 1: I would advise [supporters from other cultures] to consider the [victim/survivor’s] family backgrounds and their culture. And maybe […] they could help in talking to their parents too, and help them with the…

Another thing the current policy is missing is maybe to educate the parents as well. When, like, someone has an impact of this sexual assault, […] they will speak with their parents, so parents should…

Like how you said, the cultures are entirely different, right? So they don’t take – like, in Canada they can’t understand how our family would react, or how that situation would affect the girl and…

If a person brings up disclosing a certain incident and [doesn’t want] the investigation, even if the person who discloses it wants it or not, it has to be investigated. That’s what I think. Because…

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