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Sexual harassment in the sky: Hong Kong flight attendants fight back

Elaine Yu, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 10 04:59 PM

HONG KONG - Immaculate-looking flight attendants who appear unruffled by the demands of a life spent in the air are part of the slick image sold by carriers -- but Hong Kong-based workers are increasingly hitting back against sexual harassment. Read more »

Women accuse famous Brazil spiritual 'healer' of sex abuse

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 09 09:23 AM

Several women have come forward in Brazil to accuse an internationally known self-proclaimed spiritual healer of sexually abusing them under pretext of trying to "cure" them of depression or other problems. Read more »

Grupo ni Satur Ocampo, nahaharap sa kasong kidnapping, human trafficking

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 30 08:28 PM

Nagtakda ng P80,000 piyansa para sa bawat isang nahuli.  Read more »

Saudi dismisses sexual harassment reports as 'baseless'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 24 01:18 AM

Saudi Arabia dismissed Friday as "baseless" reports that detained activists, including women, faced sexual harassment and torture during interrogation. Read more »

Bollywood actress apologizes for #MeToo comments

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 21 06:19 AM

MUMBAI - Bollywood actress Preity Zinta apologized on Tuesday over comments she made about India's #MeToo movement that sparked a furor on social media. Read more »

Ivy League Dartmouth sued over 'predatory' professors

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 17 02:29 AM

NEW YORK - America's Ivy League elite Dartmouth College has been slapped with a lawsuit by seven women accusing trustees of ignoring years of sexual abuse, harassment and rape of female students. Read more »

Iba pang biktima umano ng sexual harassment sa pageants lumutang

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 14 07:47 PM

Patuloy na lumalawak ang kontrobersiya ng sexual harassment sa sari-saring beauty contests kasunod ang pagsulpot ng iba pang mga umano'y biktima. Read more »

Bea Rose Santiago reveals she was molested by a priest as a child

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 13 06:25 PM

The beauty queen-turned-actress said she was also “touched inappropriately by a well-known businessman.” Read more »

House OKs bill seeking stiffer penalties vs sexual harassment

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 13 03:49 PM

MANILA - The House of Representatives approved on the third and final reading a bill that seeks to impose stiffer penalties against sexual harassment. Read more »

Miss Earth organizer faces probe over data privacy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 13 03:12 PM

Carousel Productions, the organization that owns and runs the Miss Earth pageant, is facing an investigation for possible violation of the data privacy law, amid separate allegations that some of its contestants experienced sexual harassment.  Read more »

Amid viral photos, Miss Earth sponsor accused of sexual harassment speaks up

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 06:50 PM

Amado Cruz, the Miss Earth sponsor accused of sexual harrassment by three candidates, claimed on Friday that he was at a loss as to the allegations that have cast on the Philippines-organized pageant its biggest controversy in its 17-year history. Read more »

Google hears protesters, changes sexual harassment policies

Arjun Panchadar and Paresh Dave, Reuters
Posted at Nov 09 09:09 AM

Arbitration will become optional for individual sexual harassment and sexual assault claims, Google said, enabling lawsuits on those matters. It also said employees who fail to complete mandatory sexual harassment training will be docked in performance reviews. Read more »

2 pang kandidata ng Miss Earth, nakaranas din umano ng harassment

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 08 10:43 PM

Dalawa pang kandidata ng 2018 Miss Earth ang lumantad at nagsabing nakaranas sila ng sexual harassmant mula sa sponsor ng Manila-based pageant. Read more »

Miss Earth Cuba refutes sexual harassment claims of fellow candidates

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 05:33 PM

The conversation heated up as another Miss Earth 2018 candidate told her to “think before you speak.”  Read more »

2 more Miss Earth 2018 bets allege sexual harassment vs sponsor

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 09 01:15 AM

MANILA (UPDATE) – Two other Miss Earth 2018 candidates have come forward with allegations of sexual harassment against a sponsor of the Manila-based pageant. Read more »

Miss Earth-Canada nagreklamo ng harassment laban sa 2 sponsors

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 09:40 PM

Depensa naman ng pamunuan ng Miss Earth, pina-ban agad nila ang mga naturang inireklamo. Read more »

Google workers around the world protest its corporate culture

Jane Lanhee Lee and Angela Moon, Reuters
Posted at Nov 02 05:47 AM

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif./NEW YORK - Thousands of Google employees and contractors staged brief midday walkouts on Thursday at offices across Asia, Europe, and North America to protest sexism, racism, and unchecked executive power in their workplace. Read more »

Another exec out amid sex harassment tension at Google

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 01 01:51 PM

Word that Rich DeVaul, a director at X lab devoted to "moonshots" such as internet service from balloons, was out came with reports that women employees were organizing a walk-out on Thursday to protest lenient handling of sexual misconduct in the workplace. Read more »

Google fired 48 for sexual harassment over 2 years

Julie Charpentrat, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 26 07:55 AM

Google said Thursday it fired 48 employees in the past two years -- including 13 senior executives -- as a result of sexual harassment allegations, citing "an increasingly hard line" on inappropriate conduct. Read more »

3 kadete ng PNPA na dawit sa sexual favor issue, ano ang pananagutan?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 24 03:21 PM

Pinaiimbestigahan ng Philippine National Police Academy ang tatlong kadete matapos umanong utusan ang dalawang freshman na magsagawa ng oral sex bilang parusa sa umano'y paglabag na nagawa ng mga ito.  Read more »