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Articles on Harassment
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Companies have long tended to protect rather than punish high-profile harassers. That may change as the #MeToo movement inspires more women to speak out.
Women clergy are still fighting a battle for acceptance in the church.
A new campaign targeting sexual assault on public transport is a positive development in some respects, but is unlikely to generate substantive, longer-term change.
In the wake of the #MeToo campaign we need to build cultures that do not tolerate any level of harassment at work.
Human resources professionals should be trained at school and encouraged on the job to take employee complaints seriously. But that’s not how the profession works now.
Videos and other material from the ‘80s and '90s remind us that harassment isn’t about sex so much as discrimination, inequality and power.
Harassment can cause severe and lasting harm.
Ethical scandals at Uber and Fox have focused attention on the leaders of the organizations, but the problems of a toxic culture often embed deep within an organization.
On Q&A, panellist Faustina Agolley questioned whether there were laws protecting against revenge porn in Australia. As it turns out, it all depends on where you live.
The escalating indifference with which Uber allegedly reacted to a software engineer’s harassment claims is the norm in the corporate world, where enforcing civil rights laws is seen as a tax on profits.
Allegations of abuse within CSIRO’s astronomy division reveal how it can damage lives and careers. Much of this was hidden from view, including from friends and colleagues.
Like many other advancements in communication technology, social media has a good, a bad and an ugly side when it comes to its relationship with crime, criminal justice and the law.
A case in Sydney is the latest instance in which the powers-that-be contribute to the widespread victim-blaming and perpetrator-exonerating in relation to cyber violence against women and girls.
People who experience trauma often don’t discuss it until long after the incident has occurred. A lack of empathy is part of the reason.
Sexual harassment is a pernicious problem at universities. But not much is known in South Africa about students sexually harassing academics.
Most Australian women (87%) have experienced some form of street harassment, whether it’s whistles, stares, unwanted comments or being followed by strangers in the street – often before the age of 18.
Research shows that teachers either overlook bullying behaviors or even endorse them.
By speaking out about sexual violence and creating safe online spaces to seek support, victim-survivors may also encourage others to report the crime.
The public outing of a number of high profile scientists in sexual harassment cases shows the current system of protecting women isn’t working. But there is a solution.
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