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on sexual violence to 78 schools with a total of 15,000 students for 5 days . “ A girl student once wrote a note to us , ‘ I was once sexually abused in a train and because of Lentera Sintas Indonesia , I finally figured out how to respond to that ,’” Hage shared . “ And that ’ s the real measurement of success that we highly appreciate rather than the number of counseling sessions we do in schools ,” she added .
Hage is also the campaign director of # MulaiBicara (“ start to speak ” in English ), a movement under Lentera Sintas that was implemented in April 2016 to raise awareness that sexual violence is not only the responsibilty of the government and nongovernment organizations , but the responsibility of all . In an interview , Hage explained that this campaign encourages people to begin speaking up for victims of sexual violence who cannot speak up for themselves .
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