Policy distrust

There should be a proper system […]. They should have proper staff – a person I directly talk to. [With respect to] the thing that happened with somebody [who was sexually assaulted] last year, I…

[If I were to talk to older family members about this policy], I’d surely tell my parents first, because I am in contact with them; they are the first person to me. So [… I…

What are the consequences for false accusations? Are they the same as normal charges? Or, is there a difference?

Paricipant 1: As an international student, how would, like – the criminal justice system, like […], when you go to the police aspect-side […] how, would that be like, would that be eligible in a…

How do we condemn [someone accused of sexual assault] just because somebody came forward and said “Oh, I was sexually assaulted”? Like, do you do different investigations? Do we give more voice to the person…

So that’s the thing, we are feeling so detached. I think, I think that I’m the only person from East Africa here, right? I haven’t met anybody else. If I go into class and I…

Participant 1: Everyone assumes that anyone who claims that they have been sexually assaulted is right – at least ninety percent, right? – because nobody likes to go out and talk about it or say,…

I don’t know if this is relevant, but there’s this stereotype about North Africans or Arabs that they are “controlling”- which sometimes makes it easier to violate this policy. By saying that, “this person is…

I have been in contact with two or three friends that have gone with this whole thing, that have gone through the violence, but they have not received any justice. It’s not completely done 100%.…

In government, we have so much policies and we never get to know where those policies are working. Just like, whenever they make the policy, it is communicated to the world, to the society, or…