Legal Action Alleges Ad Hoc U.S. Voter Monitoring Group Harasses Arizona Residents

A week after Arizona state officials ordered federal prosecutors to investigate the group for possible voter intimidation, two US voter-rights organizations have sought a federal judge to temporarily halt the group from monitoring voter drop boxes for alleged voter fraud.

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A Filipina trainee in Japan is filing a lawsuit for 'maternity harassment.'

According to people familiar with the situation, a pregnant Filipino technical intern in southwestern Japan plans to sue her employer and an intermediary organization for roughly 5.7 million yen in damages for allegedly harassing her when she found out she was expecting a child.

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A member of the Ground SDF has issued an unusual apology for sexual harassment.

Japan's army commander apologized to a former service member for the harm done by a group of service members by admitting sexual harassment for the first time in the country's history on Thursday.

The chief of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, Yoshihide Yoshida, has stated ...

Harassment Cases in Australia’s House of Power

Australia’s Parliament paints a horrifying picture of its workplace environment where a wide number of sexual harassment cases are being reported. Employees have shared their harrowing experiences of being a witness to an alcohol-soaked environment where prominent male figures of the countr...

ASUTRALIA: ANDREW LAMING TO RESIGN FROM POLITICS AFTER SEXUAL HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS

Highlights:

• The Australian MP ‘Andrew Laming’ is going to resign from the politics
• He is resigning over the growing allegations of sexual misconduct and complaints of the harassment of women online

Josh Frydenberg, who is...

SURVEY: ALMOST ALL YOUNG WOMEN FACED SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN UK

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• A survey conducted by the United Nations UK have revealed that, almost all the young women in the UK have faced sexual harassment
• The survey has found that, 97 percent of the women aged 18 to 24 years have revealed that, they had faced sex...

LINDSEY BOYLAN, A FORMER AIDE TO NY GOVERNOR CUOMO, ACCUSES HIM OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT

Highlights

• Taking the issue to microblogging site Twitter, Lindsey Boylan wrote “Yes, @NYGovCuomo sexually harassed me for years. Many saw it, and watched.”

• Boylan also shared about her first encounter with sexual harassment, which was during her moth...

EX-PROFESSOR IN BELGIUM JAILED FOR SEXUALLY HARASSING STUDENTS

HIGHLIGHTS

• A former professor in Belgium has been jailed for inappropriately behaving with students.
• Prison term is going to be for one year.
• Professor used a “study” as a pretext to harass students.

A former p...

CHILD ATHLETES IN JAPAN REPORTEDLY ABUSED; HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH MENTIONS

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• Child athletes in Japan reportedly abused; Human Rights Watch mentions.
• The Human Rights Watch published a report about child abuse while in sports training.
• Japanese Olympic Committee has promised to act against such be...

ACTIVISTS CRITICIZE DECEASED MAYOR FOR SEXIST ATTITUDE

HIGHLIGHTS

• Seoul mayor Park Won-soon recently committed suicide.
• Park Won-soon was accused of sexually assaulting many women.
• During 1990s, Park Won-soon advocated against gender discrimination as a human rights lawyer.

Th...

WOMEN’S FASHION: THE DARK SIDE OF BEING A FEMALE PHOTOGRAPHER IN THE FASHION CIRCUIT

Highlights:

• Women photographers have regularly complained about the rampant sexism in the field
• The following is an account of one such photographer at the Women’s Fashion show

Women have fought hard to earn their place in near...

YouTube updates its harassment policy

Any video that maliciously insults someone based on their gender, race or sexuality will not be allowed by YouTube. As part of its new harassment policy, implied threats of violence will also be banned.

Neal Mohan, chief product officer, YouTube said, "Even if a single video doesn&...

Trans harassment – A new challenge for Tinder

A big challenge has come up for one of the most successful online dating site -Tinder and social media is going crazy with the response from people across the globe. According to the latest updates, the popular dating site is getting negative complaints from transgender people that they are not b...