< Translator’s note: The original formatting of the stories has been preserved. The translations aim to remain as close as possible to each author's original wording and expression.

 

When I was at school, around grade 8, my classmates attacked me and started groping. It was 2 or 3 of them. They touched my breasts and gave negative comments about them. They tore my leather jacket. I was walking home, scared that my parents would see the hole in the jacket. I realised that it was an act of violence after about 8 years.

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Anonymous author; story shared in 2022 as part of the campaign “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence.”