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Why Did You Not Report It? Gdańsk Conference 2020
As mentioned in this previous post, the team at InMindSupport Poland organised a conference called “Memory, Guilt, and Shame”, where I discussed the implications of shame in the lack of reporting of sexual assault in Thailand’s sex-trade industry. You can find the PowerPoint presentation here.
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“Why Did You Not Report It? An Investigation of the Roles of Guilt, Shame and Gender in the Reporting of Sexual Assault in the United States and Thailand.”
As we all know by now, the COVID-19 Pandemic has taken a great toll on all kinds of events that were scheduled for the previous and upcoming months. In March, I was meant to speak at a conference to share my research “Why Did You Not Report It? An Investigation of the Roles of Guilt, Shame and Gender in the Reporting of Sexual Assault in the United States and Thailand.” This conference has been postponed to October 2020, and I am hopeful it will still take place! You can find the abstract below. Coralie Gauvin-Bélair B.A. Sociology, Laurentian University B.A. International Development, King’s College London (ongoing) Why Did You Not Report It? An Investigation of the Roles of Guilt, Shame and Gender in the Reporting of Sexual Assault in the United States and Thailand. With the rise of the Me Too movement, light has increasingly been shed upon the issue of sexual assault. Additionally, questions and debates emerged from the…
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The Last Few Days in Morocco
My last few days in Morocco were great, but oh, so emotional. Imagine living with the same family for two months, getting used to the routine, the food, the funs and laughs with your ‘brothers’, and meeting a great team of colleagues. Luckily, there is a possibility that I will work remotely for Mayshad, and will be coming back to Morocco in June for the Mayshad festival, thus it’s only a short-term goodbye. As I said to my friend Eugenie, who left about a month before me, la meilleure façon de partir, c’est quand tu sais que tu vas revenir. (“The best way to leave, is knowing that you will come back”.) Now, without further ado, here is an account of my last days in Morroco. Friday 22nd March Today was my last day at work. It was an emotional one. It’s crazy how close you can grow to others in such a short period of time! The skills I…
