Many victims of sexual assault live with what happened to them in silence and shame.
The
executive director of the Fredericton Sexual Assault Crisis Centre
Lorraine Whalley tells CHSJ News that less than 10% of sexual assaults
are reported to police.
This April is the third annual sexual
assault awareness month in the province. The theme of this year's
campaign is engaging youth in conversations of sexual violence. Whalley
tells us they chose to zero-in on young people to try and clear up any
misconceptions about what consent is amongst youth. She says the
approach they're taking is that yes means yes, as opposed to no means
no.