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- HuffPost UK
Call For Law On Street Harassment As Teenage Girls Say 'No More'
An overwhelming 94% of girls think that street harassment should be illegal.
- Yahoo Life UK
Internet users praise Uber driver who pretended to be woman’s boyfriend to ward off pushy man
“This is amazing! You are a true hero to this woman."
- Yahoo Life UK
Gym advertisement faces backlash online for its 'creepy and disappointing' message
Gymbox's latest campaign asks members to 'get hot and sweaty with a teacher'.
- Yahoo Life UK
Women share how they protect themselves while out running
It highlighted how many women feel vulnerable while running alone.
- Yahoo Life UK
Police force tells women not to exercise on their own
The #JogOn campaign is encouraging women to exercise in groups in a bid to tackle sexual harassment.
- Yahoo Life UK
Street harassment in the UK: What are your rights?
From being told to "smile" by a stranger to being wolf-whistled at on your way to work, here's how victims of street harassment can seek help.
- Yahoo Life
Pig masks and voodoo ceremonies: New York Fashion Week tackles #MeToo in signature style
Some statements were made through clothing, others via masks.
- Yahoo Life
Model Kate Upton shares shocking details of alleged harassment by Guess co-founder
The model is further explaining the sexual harassment allegations she made towards Guess co-founder Paul Marciano, saying, “I’m not going to let him intimidate me anymore.”
- Yahoo Life
I'm a heavily tattooed woman, but I'm still entitled to my personal space
I have 21 visible tattoos and counting. Guess what. I'm still not here for your unwarranted comments, gestures, or, worse, touches.
- Yahoo Life UK
Sexual harassment: Why does the older generation still accept acts such as wolf whistling?
Women over the age of 55 class certain actions as 'flattering' rather than sexual harassment.
- Yahoo Life UK
What to do if you're experiencing sexual harassment at work
52% of women have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace
- Yahoo Life UK
Men in France to be fined on the spot for catcalling
It comes after thousands of women detailed their own catcalling experiences on Twitter.
- Yahoo Life UK
This woman takes selfies with the men who harass her on the street
She's hoping the project will raise awareness about the everyday street harassment women are facing
- Yahoo Life UK
What is upskirting? Act is now a criminal offence
It's time the law recognised it for what it is.
- Yahoo Life UK
Aunt praises stranger for saving niece from bus harassers
Many of us have needed a Jake in similar situations.
- Yahoo Life
Muslim-American Woman’s Calm Response to Verbal Harassment Goes Viral
A video of a woman arguing with a man in a coffee shop has gone viral after she posted the exchange on Facebook. “I was just literally on my computer, minding my business, and I look up and see a guy with a camera pointing at me,” Asma Elhuni told Creative Loafing. Elhuni says that the man, who calls himself Rob in the video, took a picture of her.
- Yahoo Life UK
'Women only' seats on planes are becoming a reality
After reports of two women being groped by male travellers in the past couple of weeks, Air India has decided to launch ‘women only’ seats. From 18 January, six economy class seats will be sold only to female travellers. There are a lot of female passengers who travel alone with us and we will be blocking a few seats for them,” Air India’s general manager Meenakshi Mali commented.
- Yahoo Style Staff
Man Who Mocked Tinder User on Facebook Faces Jail
A Sydney man is facing up to three years in jail after allegedly posting a series of offensive comments online about a woman whose Tinder dating profile went viral.
- Marie-Claire Dorking
Female Sports Journalists Listen To Men Read Vile Tweets About Them
Barely a day passes when Sarah Spain and Julie DiCaro don’t receive vile online threats of sexual assault, harassment and even rape. The video stars off with the men reading out some more light-hearted jibes, but the tweets quickly become much more hurtful and the men, who hadn’t seen the tweets beforehand, struggle to read out the insults, with some looking on the verge of tears.
- AOL
Double glazing salesman investigated for harassing customer
A double glazing salesman from Bristol has been handed a harassment warning after reportedly plaguing a customer (pictured above) with as many as 33 calls a day. Wayne Donnelly said he first came across the Safestyle salesman in January when he
- AOL
Nightmare neighbours billed £600,00 after harassment
A court has ordered a couple in the Lake District to pay their neighbours £196,000 in damages and £400,000 in court costs, after a vicious campaign of harassment, assault and slander. The victims faced years of their neighbours throwing rubbish
- AOL
TV presenter sacked for hand gesture: wins compensation
Charlie Vernon, a TV presenter on the Jewellery Maker show on the Gems TV channel, was sacked after a viewer complained that she seemed to be gesturing with her middle finger during the programme. On the face of it, this seems pretty shocking,
- AOL
Call centre employee sacked for turning boss down
Elizabeth Cowhig, a 22-year-old former call centre employee (now living in Ormskirk in Lancashire), has won £13,000 in damages from a former employer in Liverpool. She claimed her manager made a number of sexual advances, and after she spurned