#MeToo
Two Years After #MeToo: New Treaty Anchors Workplace Protections
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Workplace sexual harassment isn’t inevitable. It flourishes when governments and employers fail to prevent it, protect survivors, and punish abusers.
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Workplace sexual harassment isn’t inevitable. It flourishes when governments and employers fail to prevent it, protect survivors, and punish abusers.
The most infamous member, No. 20, is Donald Trump, who attacked her in a dressing room at Bergdorf’s.
Our rights cannot be subject to the political whims of legislators, judges, or occupants of the White House who do not see women as equal citizens.
“What truly surprised me, and even encouraged me, was that he was actually caught.”
Trump mocked #MeToo, repeatedly attacked Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and nominated a judge to the Supreme Court who could help overturn Roe v. Wade.
Rather than smashing the patriarchy, these films embed patriarchal power even more deeply in the minds of young viewers.
From Lori Sokol, PhD, Executive Director:
For all of our readers and supporters who couldn’t attend in person, here are a few of the highlights from Women’s eNews’ ’21 Leaders for the 21st Century’ 2018 Awards Gala, which took place in the evening of May 7th in New York City. From NYS Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul to disability rights activist Loreen Arbus to award-winning filmmaker Abigail Disney, supporters of equality filled the Museum of the City of New York to speak truth to power, on the heels of the ‘Beyond Suffrage Exhibit: A Century of New York Women in Politics,’ on display just one floor above. The inaugural Rita Henley Jensen Outstanding Investigative Journalist Award, in honor of our founder, was also announced and presented to its first recipient, Kimberly Seals Allers.
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Rates of sexual assault are far higher than the rates of breast cancer diagnosis or childhood poverty, indicating that sexual harassment is a significant social issue with even broader consequences.
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