Sexual harassment

A high school teacher in the western port city of Patra is under investigation for allegedly sexually harassing a 17-year-old student. 

In Kosovo, sexual harassment is rarely recognised as such by police, prosecutors and the courts.

Sexual assault has increased by 13 percent in the US military, according to an annual report presented to Congress by the Department of Defense.

The 2021 numbers are the highest since the US military began tracking sexual assault in 2006.

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Many artists and athletes have since spoken out about their own stories of abuse. Male and female journalists have called on female colleagues to speak openly about sexual harassment and assault in the workplace. The Journalists' Unions of the Athens Daily Newspaper also encouraged its members to speak out.

He assaulted a woman at a bar, reports said. The agency said he was not charged but was sent home

Three professors attended. After one left, "seeing where the evening was heading," another grabbed her knee under the table, said Elena. The third, kissing and licking her hand, asked her for sex. In return, he said he would allow her fellow students to complete the course he had expelled them from because of their participation in the protests.

Pursuit of justice

"A report released by Rio Tinto outlined a culture of bullying, harassment and racism at the global mining giant, including 21 complaints of actual or attempted rape or sexual assault over the past five years", Reuters reports, adding that nearly half of all employees who responded to an external review of company's workplace culture commissioned by Rio said they had been bullied, while racism

A vast, bloated liver. An infant with lacerated skin. The deformed skeleton of a young girl.

Despite that the majority of journalists in the Western Balkans are women, they still face gender-based discrimination and abuse and often do not feel secure in speaking out due to fears of losing their jobs or reputation and not receiving the necessary support, an online panel discussion organised by BIRN was told on Thursday.

Supporters of the introduction of sex education classes in schools fear the recent sexual harassment scandal at a scout camp could cause a backlash.