“I lost my sense of trust in people. I was absolutely afraid to go out in the evenings.”
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GTG-88 | U-N‘s Story | Kazakhstan 2022
“I really think that the education process should not have any interaction with a student’s personal preferences.”
GTG-87 | U-K‘s Story | Kazakhstan 2022
“These reasons made me feel upset and I started to lose my self-confidence.”
GTG-86 | U‘s Story | Kazakhstan 2022
Why did you pick this story?
Because it's my own experience. I was traumatized deeply from that, and it was very hard for me to get out of this experience and get out of these thoughts.
Why did you say yes to this project?
I was traumatized deeply and I needed that psychological treatment and I realized that here in the project I could do that. I also have this strong feeling that I really want to help other girls because there is so much violence here taking place.
Do you feel you gave something to other women?
Yes because telling the story and going through the trauma is very hard but it's really a victory. We speak about it and we listen to the stories of other girls and we’re all living them together.
GTG-85 | J-M‘s Story | Kazakhstan 2022
“Finally it became absolutely unacceptable.”
GTG-84 | J-A‘s Story | Kazakhstan 2022
“Even as adults, we unfortunately often meet violence in its different ways.”
GTG-83 | J‘s Story | Kazakhstan 2022
Why did you pick this story?
I think at the very moment when I was experiencing that, I was very influenced by society and my surroundings. I’m hoping that girls who will listen to my story will realize and understand that you should listen to yourself and not be that influenced by the things that people tell you.
Why did you say yes to this project?
It’s a great impact and it is really important. And when we are all here together, I feel like we're not separate drops, but when we are together, we actually make the ocean.
What did you enjoy?
I like absolutely everything that's happening here, right from the beginning till the end, when we're saying goodbye to each other. Every level of this process has made us comfortably come to the main procedure, the storytelling, and we have a lot of tools that would help us to train our friends about storytelling. And day by day, we’ve become closer.
GTG-82 | I-P‘s Story | Kazakhstan 2022
“ I just wonder, why me? How come it is still happening in the 21st Century?”
GTG-81 | I-L‘s Story | Kazakhstan 2022
“Considered an invaluable “thing” upset me very much.”