FBI faces reckoning after gymnasts’ heart-wrenching testimony on sexual abuse (ABC News)
Dr. Ann Olivarius interviewed live on ABC News on the FBI’s failures in the Larry Nassar investigation.
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Help Wanted: Finding and Supporting More Women Financial Advisors (Barron’s Advisor)
Dr. Ann Olivarius speaks to Barron’s Advisor about how we can support women financial advisors and why it’s so important.
Activision ‘Frat Boy’ Suit Jolts Effort to Change Gaming Culture (Bloomberg Law)
A lawsuit against Activision Blizzard Inc. could be a crucial step to forcing the video-game industry, which has faced persistent allegations of workplace sexual harassment, to take meaningful steps toward gender equality. Dr. Ann Olivarius comments on the ‘wake up call’ to companies.
Ann interviewed live on LBC about Britney Spears conservatorship
“We’ve overlooked the rank legal abuse of Britney Spears because we as a society are very, very good at overlooking every kind of abuse against women and girls.”
Lack of support is wrecking the mental health of working mothers (Metro)
Dr. Ann Olivarius’ op-ed in Metro urges for women-centred mental health support systems for working mothers.
Nearly 60% of female students say they have been sexually assaulted at university (Daily Mail)
“When we sue universities, there is often an intellectual hubris. They don’t think they should be held accountable.”
Dr. Olivarius in the Daily Mail commenting on a new survey on sexual assault on campus.
We asked 4,000 students about sexual assault on campus. These are the shocking results (The Tab)
The Tab surveyed 4,000 students about their experiences of sexual assault on campus – and interview Dr. Olivarius about the shocking results.
Measures to Prevent Misconduct in University Sexual Violence Cases Not Going ‘Far Enough’ (Byline Times)
“There is still no one in authority, like the OfS, telling universities that a fair procedure requires equal treatment of both parties,” said Georgina Calvert-Lee. “We’ve always had recalcitrant universities who just won’t do anything until they absolutely have to. And that’s why they’ve eventually got to make it mandatory.”
Universities ignoring rape culture warnings, say campaigners (The Guardian)
When university complaints procedures for sexual misconduct systematically favour the accused over the complainant, the universities create a discriminatory environment towards women who make up most complaints.
Georgina Calvert-Lee explains in The Guardian.
Universities ‘put on notice’ that they could be sued over sex abuse after top unis named on Everyone’s Invited (iNews)
Universities ‘put on notice’ that they could be sued over student sexual harassment – our top team Ann Olivarius and Georgina Calvert-Lee warn no more sweeping sexual harassment under the rug.
Georgina interviewed live on LBC about sexual abuse in schools and women’s societal inequality
“It’s not a surprise the Everyone’s Invited platform has taken off as it has” says Georgina Calvert-Lee.
“Sexual violence is seeping into our children from a youngest age. It’s a societal and cultural problem about the way we treat women.”
How Everyone’s Invited’s ‘rape culture’ claims sparked a #MeToo movement in UK schools (Evening Standard)
Georgina Calvert-Lee on the Everyone’s Invited campaign and tackling the shocking levels of rape culture in UK schools.