sexualharassment
An anonymous survey conducted by the MeTooEP campaign group in 2023 found that almost half of respondents - more than 550 parliament staff - said they had been subjected to psychological harassment at work - and around one in six people (15.5%) claimed to have been sexually harassed. The figures sit at odds with official findings at the institution, where only three MEPs in a chamber of 705 deputies were found guilty of harassing staff in the past five years: Luxembourg liberal Monica Semedo (sanctioned for a second time in 2023); Spanish socialist Mónica Silvana, and Spanish liberal José Ramó...
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Created in 1971 by a young female copywriter in the US, the now infamous L'Oréal ‘Because I’m worth it’ slogan, affirming female worth, came at a time when men were dominating the conception of female-targeted advertising. “It was at the beginning of feminism in the US. And claiming the self-worth of a woman in an advert, it was really the first time it happened,” Delphine Viguier-Hovasse, Global Brand President at L'Oréal Paris, told Euronews Culture at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. “It has been building the whole story of [**L'Oréal Paris**](VivaTech 2022: Luxury gro...
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French actor Edouard Baer has been accused by six women of sexual violence, in a joint investigation by Médiapart and Cheek. The report, published today (Thursday 23 May), states that the events took place between 2013 and 2021, largely in professional contexts. The women who testified, half of whom are of African descent, were in their twenties at the time of the events. According to the investigation, most of these women crossed paths with the 57-year-old actor on sets or show recordings. One young woman said she had to fight off the comedian, who tried to kiss her “on the neck and mouth” in...
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Prosecutors have asked for a September retrial for disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein during a hearing yesterday (Wednesday 1 May) in Manhattan. Weinstein’s first court appearance since his 2020 rape conviction was overturned by an appeals court last week – a ruling which shocked and disappointed women who celebrated historic gains during the era of #MeToo, a movement that ushered in a wave of sexual-misconduct claims in Hollywood and beyond. One of Weinstein’s accusers, Jessica Mann, was in the courtroom on Wednesday and is prepared to testify again, Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blu...
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Prosecutors have announced that French actor Gérard Depardieu will face a criminal trial in October over the alleged sexual assaults in 2021 of two women on the set of a film. This follows the news yesterday that the 75-year-old actor had been taken into custody by police for questioning in Paris. Depardieu’s lawyer, Christian Saint-Palais, declined to comment to reporters other than to say that the actor was no longer in custody. The Paris public prosecutor’s office said in a statement that the actor has been “summoned to appear before the criminal court” after the questioning. A trial will s...
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By Ritika Jain A Delhi Court today granted interim bail to Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Chief Brij Bhushan Singh and his aide Vinod Tomar in the case where women wrestlers have alleged sexual harrasment against them. However, it is pertinent to point out that Delhi Police had not arrested Bhushan or Tomar till date. Special public prosecutor Atul Srivastava, representing Delhi Police opposed bail. Though, Srivastava said, if court was inclined to grant bail it must be on the condition that Singh, and Tomar do not influence the witnesses. Special Judge Harpreet Singh Jaspal, who presides...
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Tennessee state lawmaker Scotty Campbell (R) resigned on Thursday, following the publication of the results of an ethics subcommittee investigation into sexual harassment allegations. Campbell, the vice chair of the Tennessee House Republican Caucus, was found to have sexually harassed at least one legislative intern. The findings were reported by Nashville local news Thursday morning, who then pressed Campbell live on air about the allegations. Although the victim declined to comment on the story, an email given to the news station by her family gives some details of the case. The email provi...
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By Hazel Gandhi A video of BJP MP and Wrestling Federation of India (WFI)'s chief Brijbhushan Sharan Singh slapping a wrestler on stage is going viral following the sexual harassment claims made against him recently. BOOM found that the video is from an U-15 National Wrestling Championship tournament in Ranchi, which was held in 2021. Several high-profile wrestlers including Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik, and Ravi Dahiya participated in a three-day protest at Jantar Mantar, Delhi, demanding BJP MP and WFI chief Brijbhushan Sharan Singh to resign. The wrestlers have accused Singh a...
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A top donor for former President Donald Trump, who has accused Corey Lewandowski, head of Trump’s super PAC, of repeatedly making unwanted sexual advances, filed the police report about the incident on Friday. Trashelle Odom, a Trump supporter from Idaho, alleged that Lewandowski that while seated next to her at a charity dinner in Las Vegas, talked about his genitalia, bragged about his sexual performance and touched her repeatedly. “On the evening of September 26 in Las Vegas, Nevada, I attended a dinner to support a charity and spend time with wonderful friends,” Odom said in a statement. “...
uPolitics.com
From power struggles to peer pressure, here are seven types of intimidation you’ll encounter in Japan—and some ways to turn the tables. A few years ago, after seemingly being pigeonholed as an English teacher in job after job, I was excited to finally have my first non-teaching office position in Japan. My excitement waned, however, with each red flag I noticed. I was repeatedly held late at the office, alone with the much older male CEO, while my coworkers were given permission to leave. I was pressured several times into drinking alone with the CEO, while other coworkers never were. And fina...
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