April marks Sexual Assault Awareness Month, a time when conversations about sexual violence become more visible across communities, organizations, and public spaces. Awareness plays an important role. It can open dialogue, challenge silence, and signal support for those who have experienced harm. But awareness alone does not prevent harm. It does not prepare someone to respond in the moment. And it does not, on its own, create safer environments. That's where the work becomes

When SPCG was founded in 2021 by survivors of military sexual trauma, we aimed to transform the CAF. Last year, we were invited to Brussels to support Ukraine's defence sector gender reform; a reminder that survivor-centred approaches to military culture change are strategic imperatives, not peripheral concerns.

You see a colleague, and they appear upset. You ask them, "Are you okay?" They reply that no, they are not, and share that they were a...