Enough is Enough is a campaign tackling sexual and gender-based violence. In a 2014 Union General Meeting students voted for a motion to support the National Union of Students campaign ‘I heart consent’ which the SOAS Student Union team then developed into the ‘Enough is Enough’ campaign. In 2015/16 SOAS agreed to £65k funding for the SU to deliver mandatory consent workshops for all SOAS students for 5 years. In 2021 SOAS agreed to fund the project again, to expand the work and support the implementation of SOAS' newly launched SGBV Policy. We continue to provide consent workshops for all incoming students, run a welfare contact program which trains people to be active bystanders and aim to create a consent culture on campus and beyond
This page includes resources for how to access support, reporting options and more information about the campaign’s objectives.
NEED SUPPORT?
Here are your options:
In the SU:
Contact Advice Caseworker, Susanna Momtazuddin sm141@soas.ac.uk for general support and advice
Contact Enough Is Enough Coordinator Titha Ghosh: tg12@soas.ac.uk for signposting to more resources and support
From the University
Contact the Student Advice and Wellbeing Team for practical advice and access to specialist survivor support, located in Paul Webley Wing, Senate House Building.
WANT TO REPORT?
Here are some options
Report through the SU
We work hard to make SU spaces, events and activities safer spaces however if you experience abuse or harassment within SU spaces and activities you can expect that we will take your report seriously.
You can get support to make a report or to understand the process of reporting from our caseworker Susanna.
You can make a formal report through ourSU Complaints Policy
We listen to and investigate all reports of abuse and harassment. If there are any conflicts of interest we will work with an external investigator. We run a survivor-centred and trauma-informed process and any actions are discussed with the person/people reporting before being implemented.
You can get support to make a report or to understand the process of reporting from our caseworker Susanna.
Report through SOAS
The SU can also provide support if you want to make a report to SOAS or just want to find out more about the process.
SOAS use Report and Support which is a tool that makes reporting and finding support for any abuse or harassment easier
We never push anyone to make a report and are survivor-led in all circumstances. We can answer your questions and help you decide what you want to do, and put you in contact with people who can give you more specialist support or advice
What we are doing as your Students' Union
As well as the Consent Culture workshops the Enough is Enough campaign also works on:
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Raising awareness of SGBV on campus & educating students about consent
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Making the reporting systems and support available at SOAS accessible to those who need them?
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Understanding the structures that uphold a ‘rape culture’ and how this perpetuates SGBV on campus
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Giving students the tools to create a ‘consent culture’ on campus and in their lives off campus?
How we do this
The key piece of work carried out through the Enough is Enough campaign are workshops delivered during the Welcome period for all incoming SOAS students. These are peer-led sessions, with students trained as workshop facilitators, and involved in coordinating the programme delivery. The workshops aim to educate SOAS students on SGBV to develop a consent culture at SOAS with an understanding across all students of acceptable behaviour, of the procedures for reporting and sources of support. The workshops are designed to look at SGBV from an intersectional, survivor-centred perspective. Alongside this programme the SU also works with specialist survivor-led organisation Not The Only One to deliver survivor-specific workshops and on-going group support, so that survivors have a safe and appropriate place to discuss their experience of consent and their support needs. This includes specialist survivor workshops tailored for/to women, LGBTQIA+ students and students of colour.
Want to Get Involved or Ask Questions?
tg12@soas.ac.uk