Speak Up!

Faith, New York
     I was so excited about my new position! I was to be Assistant Principal Operations at a prestigious High School in New York City; right off the east side highway. I started working there in Aug 2008. Having ten years experience as a teacher and advanced degrees in educational administration; I [...]

Claire Joe, London, U.K.
     I started my studies on a university course very happy in September. In October I started attending lectures on my course. I got unwanted attention from a male university lecturer who kept smiling at me. I thought it was my imagination but I used to get the train home from university, and [...]

Nina
     I was seriously stalked by a guy that studied in the same college as me. He first introduced himself personally and afterwards began to send letters that were freaky and contained a lot of private info what made me realize that for sure he cracked my password and read my e-mails.
     Things got worse [...]

Mary, Georgia, USA and Amsterdam, NL
     I joined a global, primarily male dominated electronics company 3 years ago.  My intention was to continue my career in a productive way with a global company in whom opportunities were plentiful for seasoned executives who delivered/exceeded expectations. To my great misfortune, I reported to what can only be described as a deeply insecure [...]

Becca, Canada    
     This happened 10 years ago but it still affects me.
     In junior high (grade 7-9) I was sexually harassed because I answered a question. I was happy and confident and liked to answer questions if I could in school. I made sure no one else wanted to answer first and then I would [...]

Jill Thompson, Maryland
     As a self-employed female vendor, my customers were car dealers.  Until it happened to me, I never even thought about sexual harassment.  Believe me, when working and investing in my skill and business to be self-employed, sexual harassment was never considered as a factor in the equation. 
     It started out of the [...]