Archive for November, 2009

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 at 9:38pm

Woman Sues NYC Firm Over Hostile Work Environment

Claims Sexual Harassment, Anti-Muslim Discrimination
By John Slattery for CBS

A female employee of a Manhattan publishing company has filed suit, claiming a very hostile work enviornment. She said she was targeted because she’s a woman and a Muslim.
Nona Abdelrehim, 26, said the magazine firm she works for was like “Animal House,” a sort of jock [...]

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 at 9:29am

Tuckner, Sipser: Lobna Abdelrehim sues “animal house”

Lobna Abdelrehim sues ‘animal house’ publishing company, GDS International, for sexual harrassment

NY Daily News
BY JOSE MARTINEZ
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Tuesday, November 24th 2009, 6:02 PM

A shapely 26-year-old stunner is suing her employer for sex discrimination, portraying the publishing firm as a “Mad Men”-era artifact that’s overheated by a “jock fraternity culture.”
Lobna Abdelrehim, a manager at GDS [...]

Monday, November 23rd, 2009 at 8:10pm

Expecting a Baby, but Not the Stereotypes

New York Times :: CAREER COUCH
(A version of this article appeared in print on November 22, 2009, on page BU10 of the New York Times, New York edition.)
Expecting a Baby, but Not the Stereotypes
By EILENE ZIMMERMAN
Published: November 21, 2009
Q. You recently became pregnant and expect to continue working through the pregnancy and after maternity leave. [...]

Thursday, November 12th, 2009 at 2:14pm

Sexual Harassment In The Workplace: A battle plan

Feminist Radio And Beyond…..

Sexual Harassment
Women’s Rights attorney and women’s rights in the workplace advocate Jack Tuckner debates the issues.
Writer Barbara Berg talks Sexism in America: Alive, Well, And Ruining Our Future. What went wrong with the women’s movement and how to fix it.
And…The Colorado Sisters of the Women’s Collective perform indigenous storytelling about females [...]

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