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Article | Gig workers get harassed more often than other people and have less ability to defend themselves. In this article we'll explain why that's true, and how to protect yourself if you're a gig worker.

Blog | Purpose of this Document  This document synthesizes more than a decade of research into women’s participation in technical work, with particular attention to harassment and harassment‑adjacent behaviours that contribute to hostile or exclusionary environments. It aims to provide employers with a clear, evidence‑based understanding of why women leave technical roles in the technology industry—not in ...

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Article | People who are <strong>trans, nonbinary, or gender-queer</strong> are <strong>more likely to be harassed </strong>than other people, and the harassment is more likely to be hostile, severe, and sustained. In this article, we’ll describe what this kind of harassment typically looks like and how you can protect yourself.

Article | Here’s a list of research papers and articles we used in making this site. If you have a paper you want to tell us about, please email it to [email protected]. Thank you! “Why Didn’t She Just Report Him? The Psychological and Legal Implications of Women’s Responses to Sexual Harassment” (1995, Journal of Social Issues) is ...

Article | ON | In this article, we'll describe the laws that protect workers in Ontario, how to get ready to report harassment, and how to actually report. We'll also describe some things that may commonly go wrong when people report, and how to handle them if they do.

Article | UNIVERSAL | In this article, we’ll explain how to tell if you’re a federally regulated worker, and which laws protect you against workplace sexual harassment if you are.

Article | UNIVERSAL | Very few people blow the whistle on sexual harassment. So what is special, or different, about the people who do? That’s the topic of this article. In this article, we’ll talk about who blows the whistle and why, what happens to them afterward, and how they feel about it later.

Article | UNIVERSAL | You're considering hiring a lawyer. In this article we’ll explain how to find and choose a lawyer, what lawyers can and cannot do for you, how they normally structure their fees, and what you can do to keep costs as low as possible.

Article | UNIVERSAL | Maybe you’re considering taking legal action against the harasser or your employer. If so, you’re in the right place. In this article, we’ll explain the pros and cons of taking legal action, the most common grounds on which people do it, and what to expect if you choose to go ahead.

Article | UNIVERSAL | It can sometimes be hard to tell if what you’re experiencing is actually harassment. In this article, we’ll describe four scenarios that often leave people confused, and describe how to tell if they’re harassment or not.

Article | UNIVERSAL | In this article, we’ll describe the tests that judges in Canada tend to use to determine whether someone has been sexually harassed.