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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Yvonne Roberts

‘DIY swab kits? It’s better than doing nothing’: the controversial scheme to tackle rape on campus

Enough ambassadors hand out DIY rape swab kits and chocolate to Bristol University students to highlight and talk about sexual violence.
Enough ambassadors hand out DIY rape swab kits and chocolate to Bristol University students to highlight and talk about sexual violence. Photograph: Karen Robinson/The Observer

On a bitingly cold Tuesday, ambassadors dressed in bright orange sweatshirts hand out self-swab rape kits and packets of chocolates from a paddling pool to fellow Bristol University students moving between lectures. “Can I take one for my daughter?” asks a middle-aged woman.

The ambassadors are volunteers for Enough, a not-for-profit organisation that was launched as a pilot in October, offering free DNA testing kits to students in Bristol who had reported rape, and online resources to support them.

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