News & Views When a judge calls out a ‘very grave example of sexual harassment’ In a recent case between the principal of a law firm & a former employee, Judge Varga’s decision makes clear that sexual harassment won’t be tolerated.
News & Views Three female musicians were either assaulted or harassed at their own gigs on the weekend Kira Puru, Alex The Astronaut & WAAX frontwoman Marie DeVita each took to social media to describe being either harassed or assaulted.
News & Views It’s time for leaders – not victims – to stamp out sexual harassment in workplaces The number of women who say they have experienced sexual harassment at work has increased from 2003 from 41 percent to 61 percent in 2018.
News & Views Why victims of sexual harassment in politics are still forced to suffer in silence Dhanya Mani was the victim of sexual harassment and in this essay she explores why harassment in politics means victims must suffer in silence.
News & Views Men avoiding mentoring women is not the answer. On Q&A Liberal minister Karen Andrews advised men to protect themselves from misconduct allegations by avoiding mentoring women one-on-one.
News & Views ‘Remarkable & terrifying’: We ask female leaders to describe 2018 for women Last year author Marianne Schnall declared 2018 would be the ‘year of women’ and as it ends we aske 4 female leaders what they think.
News & Views Just 13 organisations agree to waive confidentiality obligations for sexual harassment inquiry Just 13 organisations out of two million have accepted the need to waive some confidentiality obligations in non-disclosure agreements.
News & Views Why #MeToo only scratched the surface of women’s pain The hundreds of comments Jennie Hill recieved to a question she posted on her Facebook page show the extent of women’s pain & why #Metoo was just the start.
News & Views The depth of Australia’s “women-problem” revealed: It’s diabolical Julia Banks’s quitting the Liberal party & Sarah Hanson-Young facing more sexist innuendo in the senate just confirms Australia’s women-problem.
News & Views It’s time for ALL victims of gender based violence and assault to be heard Gender violence, domestic violence and assault is commonplace in Australia, yet it is only a handful of stories which seize our attention.
News & Views Employers, waive confidentiality restrictions so harassment stories can be shared: Kate Jenkins Companies should issue statements saying they will not enforce non-disclosure deals on sexual harassment allegations, according to Kate Jenkins.
News & Views ‘No more delay’: Women in politics are calling time on sexual misconduct 2018 has been a dismal year in Australian politics, with allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment running rampant.