"You feel like you've got a target on your back, anywhere you go."
"It was almost like the initial assault was starting to pale in comparison to what was happening afterwards,"she said.
"Being in a regional area, it's such a more drawn out process than it needs to be,"she said.
"I'd been making these kind of decisions, not really living a free life … everything I did went through this lens of my physical and mental safety."
"You can get lost in a city, whereas in a smaller town, it makes it very difficult."
"While a system on the surface should look the same, really, women in regional and rural areas are experiencing unique challenges."