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Sexual harassment

July 2024

  • Anonymous woman silhouetted against window blinds

    Violence against women a ‘national emergency’ in England and Wales, police say

    National Police Chiefs’ Council analysis reveals 2m women a year estimated to be victims of male violence
  • Students outside the main campus of Renmin University of China

    Chinese university sacks professor after social media accusation of sexual harassment

    Doctoral student at Renmin University of China school of liberal arts in Beijing posted recordings on Weibo
  • Busy commuters crossing street during office rush hours

    More than 20% of Australians aged 18 to 45 have committed sexual violence in adulthood, report shows

    Men more likely to perpetrate sexual violence than women, and more likely to commit multiple forms of sexual violence, survey of 5,000 Australians shows

June 2024

  • unidentified pupils in school uniform

    Sexual harassment still ‘rife’ in UK schools, poll of female staff finds

    A quarter of secondary school staff say they have witnessed sexual harassment in their place of work
  • Two young women wearing sports clothes and backpacks hiking the hills at sunset

    Men should heed female hillwalkers’ safety concerns, says climbing expert

    List of ‘horror stories’ highlights need to respect women’s personal space and avoid patronising questions
    • #MeToo men want to be forgiven, but what of the careers of their casualties?

      Martha Gill
    • Observer New Review Q&A
      Actor Lia Williams on playing Paula Vennells: ‘I think she’s more shallow than malicious. She created her own set of truths’

    • Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley join calls for UK creative industries anti-harassment body

May 2024

  • Nine chairman Peter Costello and chief executive Mike Sneesby

    Nine acknowledges ‘trauma’ and need to ‘do more’ after allegations of sexual harassment and toxic culture

  • The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, and the attorney general, Jaclyn Symes, announce the establishment of the independent integrity commission

    Victorian watchdog to investigate allegations of bullying, sexual assault and harassment in parliament

  • A statue to Field Marshall Alan Brooke outside MoD HQ, which is a monolithic office building in white Portland stone

    Civil service unions call for inquiry into sexual harassment at MoD

  • A woman looking out of a window.

    Former female trainee in Royal Marines says sexual assault was dismissed as ‘high jinks’

April 2024

  • Silhouette of an unrecognisable person looking out of a window blind.

    ‘I felt immense shame’: one man’s experience of a female stalker

  • A woman gazes into the camera.

    #MeToo founder says campaign will continue after Weinstein verdict overturned

  • The Australian Border Force logo

    Damning report alleges sexual discrimination and harassment by ABF officers

  • ThamesLink train at station

    Train driver who upskirted female passenger avoids jail sentence

  • Do women feel safe walking alone in the countryside?

  • Women urged to contact police over ‘Manchester nightlife’ online videos

  • Brief letters
    Time for volunteers to get equal protection from sexual harassment

  • One in 10 NHS staff have experienced sexual harassment at work, union says

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