Celebrating Women's History Month

The second half of the 2010s bore witness to a seismic global movement that shook the foundations of gender norms and power dynamics—the #MeToo movement. Sexual harassment, an issue of immense theoretical and practical significance, has long inflicted a damaging and lasting impact on the well-being of women and organizations alike. But for decades it languished in the shadows, receiving scant attention at the international level. Then, in the late 2010s, a collective roar emerged, breaking the silence and paving the way for a remarkable transformation. This presentation will trace the origins and evolution of this extraordinary movement that has reshaped our understanding of gender relations and ignited a call for justice and accountability, provide a comprehensive review of the existing literature on workplace sexual harassment, and examine the development of international, regional and national legal policies designed to combat it.

About the presenter

Dr. Cher Weixia Chen is an Associate Professor in the School of Integrative Studies, the founder of the Human Rights and Global Justice Initiative, a Senior Scholar of the Center for the Advancement of Well-Being, and a faculty fellow of the Institute for a Sustainable Earth, George Mason University. Dr. Chen co-developed the undergraduate Social Justice and Human Rights concentration, Social Justice and Human Rights minor, and MAIS Social Justice and Human Rights concentration. Dr. Chen’s scholarship focuses on the issues of human rights including women’s rights. Her work on women’s rights includes Compliance and Compromise: The Jurisprudence of Gender Pay Equity (Brill/Martinus Nijhoff, 2011) and the forthcoming Prohibiting Workplace Sexual Harassment: A Cross-Cultural Analysis (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025).

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