Anti-Sexual Harassment Workshop
Content Warning: Please note, while this workshop’s topic is important, it will cover topics such as gendered violence and sexual harassment that might be distressing for some.
As the summer is coming to an end, many employers will kickstart their annual rounds of students and early-career internship programs. For women, queer, and marginalized students and workers interested in journalism, foreign correspondence, government and non-profit sectors, information on safety and boundaries are not always easy to access. In recent years, survivors have courageously come forth with their stories of sexual harassment, abuse and assault.
Inappropriate behaviours across industries and known-perpetrators are not anecdotal stories, but a tip of the iceberg revealing the sector had long normalized systemic and institutionalized sexualized violence. Sexual harassment and gendered violence may take many forms, and may target anyone regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation.
This workshop seeks to help support early-career workers and students wanting to make a professional career within the Sinosphere and other vulnerable sectors recognize the signs of sexual harassment and abuse, and to better respect the boundaries of colleagues. Furthermore, this workshop empowers attendees to learn workplace and labour rights in the United States of America and Canada, as well as build strong boundaries and self-advocate in the workplace.
What to expect:
In this workshop, we will cover the following objectives:
Understand what is and is not acceptable conduct at work
What does sexual harassment look like
Learn to self advocate
Basic overview of labour laws and workers rights in USA and Canada
5Ds of Bystander Intervention
Respecting others’ boundaries in the workplace
All proceeds of this workshop will be distributed to our workshop leaders and to support the NüVoices’ ongoing editorial and nonprofit operations. We encourage participants and community members to donate to our Paypal page if you are financially able to support our ongoing initiatives.
Price: $15 USD regular admission / $10 USD discount rate for students, interns, members, and recent graduates.
For those interested in the discount rate, please email [email protected] specifying your graduation year, uni name, and why you would like to attend this workshop. Discount codes will be sent via email request only.
*** A Zoom link will be emailed to all registrants one day before the workshop from [email protected] ***
About Cherie Wong:
Cherie Wong (she/佢/她) is an interdisciplinary researcher and policy analyst with extensive experience working in the government and non-profit sectors. Cherie’s intersectional feminist advocacy made a significant impact across Canada’s legislative assemblies, including drafting and passing the first anti-harassment policy in Yukon Legislative Assembly, as well as convening the first women’s caucus in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Cherie is currently a doctorate student in sociology at Carleton University. Learn more about her work through her Kong Girl Socialist website and on her social media channels.
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NüVoices is an international editorial collective gathering veteran and emerging writers, journalists, translators and artists to celebrate and support the diverse creative work of women and other underrepresented voices/communities working on the subject of China (broadly defined). Founded in 2018 and supported by Patreon donors, NüVoices is an independent not-for-profit organization. The views and opinions expressed by contributors on our platforms do not necessarily reflect those of NüVoices.
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