The Global #MeToo Movement

When US activists started using the #MeToo hashtag (as created by Tarana Burke) to speak out against sexual harassment, they joined, and then helped propel, a global movement. On every continent, women are using the new tools of social media to confront one of the oldest barriers to equality: the threat of violence, including sexual harassment, as a tool of male supremacy. In this course, produced by the Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law , 48 contributors from 28 countries spanning every continent but Antarctica tell the story of how social media has driven a social movement against sexual harassment and how the law has responded, often by helping men to push back. This program is offered in collaboration with edX, which is an online program manager (OPM) company. The roles and responsibilities of the OPM partner in the offering of the program are to provide the learning platform for the delivery of academic content, technical support for said platform, marketing support for the courses and programs, and creation of any credentials earned by the learner. UC Berkeley and UC Berkeley faculty are responsible for the creation of accessible academic content, instruction, grading and assessment.

• Develop an international understanding of the #MeToo Movement
• Understand the relationship between intersectionality and the #MeToo Movement
• Learn about social media’s role in the #MeToo Movement
• Explore sexual harassment & violence in educational institutions, in the workplace, and on social media
• Understand methods of sexual harassment & violence prevention