06/05/2026
A big thank you to everyone who joined our webinar on understanding sexual consent🥳
F.R.I.E.S.
Hear us out, not the food😂.
The month of April is globally recognized as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, dedicated to raising awareness and challenging harmful norms that perpetuate sexual violence.
Its relevance today remains urgent, as we continue to see troubling trends that highlight how deeply rooted issues of consent, power, and accountability still are. It serves as a reminder that beyond awareness, there is a need for collective action to create safer, more respectful communities.
We culminated the awareness month, by hosting a powerful and deeply engaging webinar on understanding sexual consent, bringing together 50 young people in a space that was honest, reflective, and necessary.
What stood out most was how quickly the conversation moved beyond definitions into real-life realities. The grey areas, the pressure, the silence, and the misconceptions that continue to shape how consent is understood and practiced.
We grounded our discussion in a simple but powerful framework:
Consent must be Freely given, Reversible, Informed, Enthusiastic, and Specific.
And even more importantly, that silence, fear, or pressure can never substitute for consent.
It was clear that many of the challenges are not about lack of awareness, but about unlearning harmful norms, navigating power dynamics, and creating safer environments where boundaries are respected.
Spaces like these matter because they allow young people to ask questions they don’t ask anywhere else to challenge what they’ve normalized, and to begin shaping healthier, more respectful interactions.
The conversation doesn’t end here, it continues beyond the webinar, in the community we’re building and the actions we take moving forward.
Thankyou for delivering so powerfully, and making the session very engaging, and also importantly, making the space so space for a topic too often spoken in hush tones.
A big shoutout as well to the activity lead, , for the coordination and amazing moderation.
See you all on the next one 💫 .
