CBU

[When supporting a survivor] you have to hear whatever they have to say,and whatever they are going through, and along with that, they really have to console that person. Like, they have to give their…

How we have been brought up is entirely different and we won’t be comfortable sharing it to any other people other than our culture. I don’t know, it’ll all depend on the individual though. I…

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…

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…

The university should take on-the-spot action. There was […] an incident here which happened four months back. The [unclear] rumoring around. […]. There wasn’t any strict action taken, or any measures taken against him. But…

Participant 1: This isn’t the whole of Nigeria, but from the area I am from, I think it has been just a non-said, passed-down idea that it’s such a shameful thing that you just don’t…

I think my go to reaction [if my friend was sexually assaulted] would be [laughing] “Go and say something!” But um I would ask myself […] the kind of psychological state that person was in…

Participant 1: Even when we make it known to people, if people come up with stories about how they were assaulted or whatever, sometimes they do not believe them. So what is the point of…

[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…

I mean the advisor, they should have the high awareness about cultural difference- about LGBT and things like that – so when they give advice it will be, you know, relevant and useful. Just like…