Women's Rights in the Workplace

Women's Rights in the Workplace

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Women's Rights in the Workplace episodes

  • Women's Rights in the Workplace - Domestic Violence: Men, Youth and Changing the Conversation - 10/20/14

    Domestic violence has long been categorized as a women’s issue that the occasional “good man” gets involved with, and probably only because he was forced into it. To make matters worse, popular culture diminishes the seriousness of the problem. If 1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime, and 1 in 3 women experience intimate partner violence on college campuses, how is it we haven’t declared on war on domestic violence yet?  How did we get to this woeful place where 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by an intimate partner each year, and how do we create a cultural shift in how domestic violence is perceived? Domestic violence will not stop until we engage men and youth in the conversation.

    Join women’s workplace rights advocates Jack Tuckner and Deborah O’Rell as they are joined by their special guests Quentin Walcott and Sara Gonzalez. Quentin is an anti-violence activist and educator, and as a Co-Executive Director of CONNECT  he has spent years transforming the distorted perception of bystanders, male youth, and even batterers about the seriousness of this crime. Sara is the  Community Educator at Day One  where she works with youth to address intimate partner violence and issues of consent, and she also provides trainings for adults who work with youth, so that they’re better prepared to deal with the issue of Teen Dating Violence.  It is critical that men, mothers, brothers, sisters and friends unite to effect meaningful change to the culture of violence against women. Listen the their incisive, warm and authentic voices as they describe the massive value they add to addressing the root causes of domestic violence.

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    1 hr
  • Women’s Rights in the Workplace - Domestic Violence: Men, Youth and Changing the Conversation - 10/20/14

    Domestic violence has long been categorized as a women’s issue that the occasional “good man” gets involved with, and probably only because he was forced into it. To make matters worse, popular culture diminishes the seriousness of the problem. If 1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime, and 1 in 3 women experience intimate partner violence on college campuses, how is it we haven’t declared on war on domestic violence yet?  How did we get to this woeful place where 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by an intimate partner each year, and how do we create a cultural shift in how domestic violence is perceived? Domestic violence will not stop until we engage men and youth in the conversation.

    Join women’s workplace rights advocates Jack Tuckner and Deborah O’Rell as they are joined by their special guests Quentin Walcott and Sara Gonzalez. Quentin is an anti-violence activist and educator, and as a Co-Executive Director of CONNECT  he has spent years transforming the distorted perception of bystanders, male youth, and even batterers about the seriousness of this crime. Sara is the  Community Educator at Day One  where she works with youth to address intimate partner violence and issues of consent, and she also provides trainings for adults who work with youth, so that they’re better prepared to deal with the issue of Teen Dating Violence.  It is critical that men, mothers, brothers, sisters and friends unite to effect meaningful change to the culture of violence against women. Listen the their incisive, warm and authentic voices as they describe the massive value they add to addressing the root causes of domestic violence.

    www.connectnyc.org

    www.dayoneny.org

    www.dayoneny.org/staff-leadership/

    www.connectnyc.org/content/connect-staff

    1 hr
  • Women's Rights in the Workplace - Economic Abuse as a Form of Intimate Partner Violence - 10/13/14
    Join Jack and Deborah as they interview Amanda Norejko, Esq., the Director of the Matrimonial and Economic Justice Project at the Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services at Sanctuary for Families, New York’s largest nonprofit agency exclusively dedicated to serving the clinical, economic, legal, and shelter needs of victims of gender-based violence and their children. Ms. Norejko is an attorney who has represented victims of domestic violence and sex trafficking in family law and matrimonial matters in New York City for more than a dozen years. She engages in legislative and policy advocacy aimed at combating violence against women and promoting women’s economic empowerment on the local, state, national, and international level.  Ms. Norejko is one of NY’s leading experts and practitioners in the laws protecting victims of DV and human trafficking, and she provides a wealth of practical information for anyone needing to know what steps to take in order to break the cycle of power and control at the heart of intimate partner violence and human trafficking.
    1 hr
  • Women’s Rights in the Workplace - Economic Abuse as a Form of Intimate Partner Violence - 10/13/14
    Join Jack and Deborah as they interview Amanda Norejko, Esq., the Director of the Matrimonial and Economic Justice Project at the Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services at Sanctuary for Families, New York’s largest nonprofit agency exclusively dedicated to serving the clinical, economic, legal, and shelter needs of victims of gender-based violence and their children. Ms. Norejko is an attorney who has represented victims of domestic violence and sex trafficking in family law and matrimonial matters in New York City for more than a dozen years. She engages in legislative and policy advocacy aimed at combating violence against women and promoting women’s economic empowerment on the local, state, national, and international level.  Ms. Norejko is one of NY’s leading experts and practitioners in the laws protecting victims of DV and human trafficking, and she provides a wealth of practical information for anyone needing to know what steps to take in order to break the cycle of power and control at the heart of intimate partner violence and human trafficking.
    1 hr
  • Women's Rights in the Workplace - 10/06/14
    Do you know your rights as a pregnant employee? The US Supreme Court took the bench on the first day of its new term today, where they’ll soon decide an important pregnancy discrimination case that will determine whether pregnant employees are entitled to flexibility of their job functions--known as reasonable accommodation—during  their physically challenging pregnancies. Join Women’s Rights in the Workplace advocates Jack Tuckner and Deborah O’Rell for an empowering and lively discussion as they discuss and analyse the fundamental rights of pregnant working women under federal and state laws. Know your rights, take action, and whatever else you do, don’t quit!
    1 hr
  • Women’s Rights in the Workplace - 10/06/14
    Do you know your rights as a pregnant employee? The US Supreme Court took the bench on the first day of its new term today, where they’ll soon decide an important pregnancy discrimination case that will determine whether pregnant employees are entitled to flexibility of their job functions--known as reasonable accommodation—during  their physically challenging pregnancies. Join Women’s Rights in the Workplace advocates Jack Tuckner and Deborah O’Rell for an empowering and lively discussion as they discuss and analyse the fundamental rights of pregnant working women under federal and state laws. Know your rights, take action, and whatever else you do, don’t quit!
    1 hr
  • Women's Rights in the Workplace - 09/29/14

    Elder Abuse: “a single, or

    repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship
    where there is an expectation of trust, which causes harm or distress to an
    older person,” in other words, doing
    bad, nasty and cruel things to vulnerable old folk.

    And as there

    are almost 2.5 million reported cases of elder abuse in the US each year, 91%
    of nursing homes lack adequate staffing to properly care for patients, and
    67.3% of the victims are female, this dismal reality should be of serious
    concern to all PRN.fm listeners. Join Jack & Deborah as they spend a little
    quality time with Ron Katter, Esq., a successful Plaintiff’s attorney and
    accomplished litigator, who prosecutes elder abuse cases on behalf of injured
    seniors and their families. Ron explains
    common examples of elder abuse, the symptoms and signs to look out for in your
    own family member, what the law provides, and what proactive and protective actions you can
    take to prevent it or stop it. Don’t miss it.

    1 hr 1 min
  • Women’s Rights in the Workplace - 09/29/14

    Elder Abuse: “a single, or

    repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship
    where there is an expectation of trust, which causes harm or distress to an
    older person,” in other words, doing
    bad, nasty and cruel things to vulnerable old folk.



    And as there

    are almost 2.5 million reported cases of elder abuse in the US each year, 91%
    of nursing homes lack adequate staffing to properly care for patients, and
    67.3% of the victims are female, this dismal reality should be of serious
    concern to all PRN.fm listeners. Join Jack & Deborah as they spend a little
    quality time with Ron Katter, Esq., a successful Plaintiff’s attorney and
    accomplished litigator, who prosecutes elder abuse cases on behalf of injured
    seniors and their families. Ron explains
    common examples of elder abuse, the symptoms and signs to look out for in your
    own family member, what the law provides, and what proactive and protective actions you can
    take to prevent it or stop it. Don’t miss it.

    1 hr 1 min
  • Women's Rights in the Workplace - Celebrating One Strong Labor Union - 09/22/14
    Private and
    public trade and labor unions may be battered and on the ropes in
    our new post-Citizens United gilded age, but one municipal union’s
    still kicking butt and taking names for its rank and file members.
    Join women’s rights in the workplace advocates Jack Tuckner and
    Deborah O’Rell as they visit with Robert Cassar, President of CWA
    Local 1182, the labor union  representing 3,000 traffic and
    sanitation enforcement agents in NYC. Hear how Robert has fought
    for and won numerous important bargaining concessions from the
    City, including substantially enhancing the status, safety and pay
    for his hardworking brother and sister members (who perform a
    thankless, difficult and dangerous job) through his staunch
    advocacy and activism for more than 20 years, the longest serving
    President in the history of the local.
    1 hr 1 min
  • Women’s Rights in the Workplace - Celebrating One Strong Labor Union - 09/22/14
    Private and
    public trade and labor unions may be battered and on the ropes in
    our new post-Citizens United gilded age, but one municipal union’s
    still kicking butt and taking names for its rank and file members.
    Join women’s rights in the workplace advocates Jack Tuckner and
    Deborah O’Rell as they visit with Robert Cassar, President of CWA
    Local 1182, the labor union  representing 3,000 traffic and
    sanitation enforcement agents in NYC. Hear how Robert has fought
    for and won numerous important bargaining concessions from the
    City, including substantially enhancing the status, safety and pay
    for his hardworking brother and sister members (who perform a
    thankless, difficult and dangerous job) through his staunch
    advocacy and activism for more than 20 years, the longest serving
    President in the history of the local.
    1 hr 1 min

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A weekly conversation about workplace discrimination and the state of labor and employment law with Women’s Rights in the Workplace lawyer Jack Tuckner and his guests.