Globalization and sexual harassment of women

On May 14, , legal scholars and practitioner-experts from around the world will gather at Berkeley Law with lawyers and other specialists. The goal of this conference is to examine the systemic issues that permit sexual harassment and explore creative solutions developed across the globe to address the problem using the tools of comparative law. For attorneys, this course will be approved for up to 7 hours of California MCLE credit, which will include 1 hour of elimination of bias credit. The fees cover all tuition, course materials, and meals during the event. Travel and accommodation are not included. Please attempt to make your service request with as much advance notice as possible.

In the last 30 years women have come a long, long way. Our lives are nobler and richer than they were, but they are also fiendishly difficult On every side speechless women endure endless hardship, grief and pain in a world system that creates billions of losers for every handful of winners. It's time to get angry again. Germaine Greer 1. Globalisation has had such negative consequences for women and children that some commentators argue that 'globalisation is a man'. But globalisation could equally be a woman.

Jump to navigation. By the end of the day, there were similar movements in multiple languages, including Arabic, Farsi, French, Hindi, and Spanish. Today, women in 85 different countries are using the hashtag to bring attention to the violence and harassment they face in daily life and to demand change. Many point to social media, but that is only part of the story.

Many working women will experience sexual harassment at some point in their careers. While some report this harassment, many leave their jobs to escape the harassing environment. Using in-depth interviews and longitudinal survey data from the Youth Development Study, we examine the effect of sexual harassment for women in the early career. Feminist scholars argue that sexual harassment causes considerable harm to women as a group MacKinnon