Vanessa Bohns, Cornell University Former CNN president Jeff Zucker became the latest executive to lose his job over a consensual relationship with a subordinate. Zucker stepped down on Feb. 2, 2022, acknowledging in a statement that he was “required to disclose” the relationship but didn’t. “I was wrong,” he said. The news follows previous incidents […]
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WAN-IFRA Women in News, a global organisation focused on gender equality, conducted research on sexual harassment in newsrooms. The large-scale survey of news personnel looked at the rate of sexual harassment, how often people report it, the sources of harassment, and how organisations react. Women in News defines sexual harassment as unwanted and offensive behaviour […]
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Lindsey Blumell, City, University of London and Dinfin Mulupi, University of Maryland Survivors of sexual violence around the world have begun to speak out more in recent years. This has happened partly due to the #MeToo movement, which began in 2006 in the US and gained momentum through high-profile cases like Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein […]
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