After #MeToo, US women seen reporting less workplace harassment
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation From leering and unwanted touching to being asked for sexual favours, US women say they suffer less sexual harassment in the workplace since #MeToo brought the issue to the fore, but sexism has increased, researchers said on Wednesday. The #MeToo movement began in 2017 in the United States as a response to […]
Nigeria has #MeToo moment after popular pastor is accused of rape
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation A rape accusation against a popular pastor in Nigeria has prompted a new #MeToo movement on social media with women sharing stories of sexual assault and calling for justice. Photographer Busola Dakolo, the wife of a popular Nigerian singer, said in an interview on local television on Friday that pastor Biodun […]
With flowers and personal stories, Japan sexual abuse survivors seek reform
LondonReuters Sexual abuse victims and their supporters rallied in nine cities around Japan this week to protest against recent court acquittals of alleged rapists and urge reform of the nation’s anti-rape law. Holding flowers and placards with slogans such as “#MeToo, #WithYou”, sexual abuse survivors on Tuesday evening recounted their experiences to show the need […]
One in three US Protestants think more stories of abuse by pastors yet to come – survey
RNS The past year has been filled with stories of alleged sexual misconduct and abuse by Protestant Christian pastors. Bill Hybels retired early from the influential Chicago-area megachurch he founded, Willow Creek Community Church, after being accused of sexual harassment by several women connected to the church. Click to enlarge. Andy Savage, a megachurch preacher in […]
US men avoid spending time with female colleagues in the wake of #MeToo
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Women’s careers are being held back as men in the United States avoid spending time with female colleagues in the wake of the #MeToo movement, women’s rights group LeanIn.org said on Friday. Nearly two thirds of male managers reported they would be uncomfortable taking part in a common one-on-one work activity with […]
Namibian women say #MeToo in new movement against sexual violence
Yaounde, CameroonThomson Reuters Foundation Hundreds of women have spoken out about sexual harassment and abuse in Namibia, sparking what activists on Friday said was one of Africa’s first major #MeToo movements. In the past fortnight more than 200 cases of sexual violence have been reported to the Namibian Women’s Lawyers Association, which is providing free […]
WOMEN: WHY AFRICA’S #METOO IS MORE A MURMUR THAN AN OUTCRY
NITA BHALLA and INNA LAZAREVA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on how a blame culture prevents women in Africa of speaking out…
Willow Creek Association releases resource on ministry and #MeToo
RNS There are a lot of abuse survivors who don’t feel safe in church – and a lot of abusers who do, Rev Dale Ingraham of Curtis Baptist Bible Church in Campbell, New York, told a room of Willow Creek Association staff and Christian leaders last month. Whether the abuse happened at home or in the […]
At US summit, prominent evangelicals share stories of sexual abuse
Wheaton, Illinois, US RNS For popular Bible teacher Beth Moore, the church always has been a safe harbour. That was especially true when she was growing up. Church was a place where she could escape from the sexual abuse she experienced at home, she said. Jenny Hwang, from left, Tammy Schultz, Nancy Nealious and Ed […]
US Southern Baptist seminary, in #MeToo age, appoints ‘women’s support coordinator’
Louisville, Kentucky, USRNS Southern Baptist Theological Seminary has appointed its first “women’s support coordinator” to address any gender-related “difficulties or challenges” that women encounter on its campus. “In our own internal review, we determined it was not fully supportive of women to require any woman to have to describe what could be very intimate matters […]