Women farmworkers cope with Chavez allegations

Women farmworker advocates speak out on sexual assault as Chavez allegations surface

A robust network of grassroots organizations led by women farmworkers has emerged since Chavez’s death

Women farmworkers cope with Chavez allegations

Almost two decades ago, legendary labor rights activists attended a Chicago event to raise awareness about sexual violence against women farmworkers.

Women farmworkers who built their own fight against sexual assault cope with Cesar Chavez allegations

In her statement saying that Chavez raped her in the 1960s, Dolores Huerta, now 96 years old, said she kept her secret for so long because she feared that “exposing the truth would hurt the farmworker movement”

'One Person Cannot Tear Our Movement Down,' Farmworkers Say of César Chávez Revelations

"One person cannot tear our movement down," a farmworker group said in the wake of The New York Times reporting on multiple sexual abuse allegations against late labor leader César Chávez.

Women farmworkers who built their own fight against sexual assault cope with Chavez allegations - Regional Media News

NEW YORK (AP) - Almost two decades ago, legendary labor rights activist Dolores Huerta joined Mónica Ramírez at a Chicago event to promote the Bandana Project, a campaign Ramírez had launched to raise awareness about sexual violence against women farmworkers. Huerta spoke there about the need to educate women farmworkers about their rights and empower them to speak out about sexual exploitation that is both widespread and underreported among agr…