harassment

As Japan embarks on a major military build-up, it’s struggling to fill its ranks with the women that its forces need and its policymakers have pledged to recruit. Following a wave of sexual harassment cases, the number of women applying to…
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Lebanon’s General Directorate of State Security has called on parents to be more vigilant in protecting their children and adolescents from harassment and abuse. Schools and universities are also being urged to raise more awareness among…
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Lebanese MP Cynthia Zarazir said that she was subjected to "harassment" by some parliamentarians, expressing her shock by saying: "Shameful... Hody Nawab?" In a press interview, parliamentarian Cynthia Zarazir told Al-Jadeed that she…
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Indian sports authorities have told female coaches to chaperone women athletes on tour after a sexual harassment scandal shook the country’s elite cycling community. Top sprint team coach RK Sharma was sacked last week after an unnamed…
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The Philippines on Tuesday said it had filed a diplomatic protest with China for unilaterally declaring a South China Sea fishing ban, and complained also of harassment and violations of its jurisdiction by Beijing’s coast guard. The…
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Billionaire Elon Musk took to Twitter late Thursday to deny "completely untrue" allegations in a news report that he sexually harassed a flight attendant on a private jet in 2016. The Business Insider news website had previously reported…
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The BBC has filed an urgent complaint to the UN against Iran’s government over “escalating actions and threats” toward its journalists at its Persian service and their families. The broadcaster said Tehran has been targeting UK-based BBC…
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A New York Post editor whose departure was announced Tuesday alleged she was fired two months after revealing to an executive that former editor Col Allan had sexually harassed her. The Post said any suggestion of wrongdoing related to…
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World renowned Egyptian pop star Amr Diab has been caught in the midst of online fury after audiences accused him of enabling ‘sexual harassment of women’ in his new advertisement with car manufacturer Citroen. Social media users…
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Local media in Syria reported that three university professors at a Syrian university had been referred to disciplinary boards for violations, financial corruption and “harassment.” The President of Al-Furat University (eastern Syria),…
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