.@MiQuelDavies discusses sexual assault and harassment in health care: "What's been surprising is the volume of patients coming forward to say that they've experienced assault or harassment" while under the care of a medical provider. #MeToo
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@DeborahEpstein1: Many women who find themselves in abusive workplace situations tolerate the harassment. The reasons for this vary, and are valid. "We tend to discount the credibility and plausibility of stories from women who don't report abuse."#metoo
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@DeborahEpstein1: "The harm that comes from discounting women's credibility not only contributes to our systemic failure to hold abusers accountable, it also has enormous collateral consequences for the women who come forward to tell their stories."#MeToo
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@SusanDellerRoss is discussing the#GeorgetownLaw International Women's Human Rights Clinic's work on a reprt that looks at the rights that women can assert under various int'l treaties like#CEDAW (1/2)#oneillcolloquium#MeToo
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"When you help people to understand that the laws in place are grossly inadequate, you're giving
#NGO groups a tool that they can use to build public support and pressure the gov't to take action about sexual assault and violence."@SusanDellerRoss#oneillcolloquium#metoo
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