Presented by Sonia Parras-Konrad, Mónica RamÍrez and Héctor Sánchez

Defining workplace sexual violence Who are the perpetrators? Civil Legal Protections

› Administrative Relief › Civil law suit › Other remedies

Criminal Remedies

Employer vs. Employee Supervisor vs. Employee Co-worker vs. Co-worker Limited number of women in the

workforce

Industries Liability Impact on individual Impact on co-workers Impact on family Impact on community

Assessing the risk factors Understanding the unique safety

challenges Identifying the available resources Making a plan

What are their needs? Special considerations What do you have in your tool box right

now? What are you missing? Who can help?

Grassroots Obstacles Opportunities

Civil Legal Obstacles Opportunities

Immigration › Climate › Existing relief

Obstacles Opportunities

Holistic model › Anti-violence › Social workers › Religious › Government › Media

Obstacles Opportunities

Labor- What is the difference between labor and employment?

What is the role of labor in addressing workplace sexual violence?

Trabajadoras campaign › History › Findings

Obstacles Opportunities

Estela is a restaurant worker. Her native

language is Mixteco. She has worked in the United States for 3 years. For the past six months she has worked for a restaurant

busing tables. She has become increasingly uncomfortable because her supervisor has

makes crude jokes about her and other employees. He has also started following her around the restaurant and has started making unwanted sexual advances at her.

She is scared and confused.

Overview of the problem Review of available resources Recap of what the holistic is and why it is

important Identify your role and commit to

becoming part of the solution

Sonia Parras-Konrad, sonia@asistahelp.org

Mónica RamÍrez, contact@monicaramirez.info

Héctor Sánchez, hsanchez@lclaa.org