Aug

26

Female Supervisors Face Significant Sexual Harassment

Posted by: Paul M. Secunda | August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Probably not a big surprise to many readers out there that female supervisors are still harassed in large numbers, but the fact that this study show that they are harassed more than non-supervisor female employees is just a little surprising to me (via MSNBC):
Female managers are 137 percent more likely to experience sexual harassment [...]

Apr

15

Brave Afghani Women Protest Law Change

Posted by: Jessica E. Slavin | April 15, 2009 | 2 Comments

Did you see this article in the New York Times this morning, about the 300 women protesting a new law that would give men in the Shiite minority community virtually complete control over the lives of their wives?  The NYT describes the law this way:
The law, approved by both houses of Parliament and signed by President Hamid Karzai, [...]