Gender Justice, Legal & Courts, Workers' Rights
Kaley LaQuea
Dancers Demand Living Wages

“I wanted to stand up for people who are in a position that makes it difficult to stand up for themselves.” The July 2013 suit, filed against the Fantasy Gentlemen’s Club in Grand Junction for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Colorado Minimum Wage Act, resulted in a settlement award of $500,000 for 12 individuals earlier this year. The case is one of four nominated for the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association’s “Case of the Year.

Hollaback! Against Street Harassment

“It made me feel completely powerless.”

“But their staring made me feel vulnerable and exposed. And I hated every second of it.”

“No one intervened, even though they could clearly see him doing these things, and the discomfort and shock he caused me was obvious. I was truly horrified.”

These are excerpts from some of the stories that have been shared in a new online community, Hollaback! Korea. Hollaback! began 10 years ago when Thao Nguyen experienced sexual harassment in New York City on a subway; a man stared at her and began to masturbate. Nguyen snapped a photo and took it to the police, where she received no assistance. After posting the picture on Flickr, the image went viral and hit the front page of the New York Post, sparking dialogue about street harassment. Thus, Hollaback! was born.

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Migrant Women’s Center Provides Support, Assistance

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Anna, like many employees of the Center, has experienced the difficulties of living in Korea as a migrant woman. “In this center, I can help legally my Uzbek friends and other migrant women who have difficulties with family,” she explained in English. “I’m not a migrant woman, I’m not Korean, I’m not Uzbek, I’m just a woman and I can work. We can work with migrant women and Korean people together. If, for example, I work in another office like a bank or police station … and there are only Korean people and it’s just me, it’s difficult to work with them because it’s only me. But here, I can see the same people like me. I may feel alone if I’m only one person, only one foreigner.”