1) Hillary's Agenda* @HILLARYSAGENDA
www Salon now reporting Prada whistle-blower Rina Bovrisse,is currently holed up in Tokyo's Ecuardorian embassy! http://t.co/b9blJeZFN7
2) Hillary's Agenda* @HILLARYSAGENDA
Ecuador's Ambassador in Tokyo told Salon"We are investigating rumors of 2 Swedish men
accusing Rina Bovrisse of raping them"
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SALON
THURSDAY, NOV 14, 2013 05:30 AM PST
Prada, suicide and sexual harassment: A whistle-blower speaks out
Rina Bovrisse brings Salon behind the scenes at Prada: "They used to call outlets 'garbage bins for old ladies'"
JOSH EIDELSON
TOPICS: PRADA, RINA BOVRISSE, WORKPLACE, BUSINESS, DISCRIMINATION, FASHION, JAPAN, LAW, LAWSUIT, FEMINISM, LABOR, THE LABOR MOVEMENT, INTERVIEW, SUICIDE, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, MEDIA NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS, NEWS, POLITICS NEWS
This spring the United Nations urged Japan to make workplace sexual harassment illegal, a move reportedly spurred by the four-year legal saga of Prada ex-employee Rina Bovrisse, who was routed in Tokyo court and now faces a countersuit for alleged defamation. In a recent interview, Bovrisse told Salon that when she challenged "pure discrimination," including regulation of women's weight and teeth, Prada responded by purging her from the company and accusing her of mental illness. "They thought I could be eliminated from society," charged Bovrisse.
Asked about Bovrisse's allegations, a Prada spokesperson emailed Salon, "In our opinion, this is just an instrumentalization, that is to say an attempt to use highly ethical issues for mere personal interests. Prada is now aiming to establish before the Tokyo District Court that the initiatives promoted by Ms. Bovrisse in the media and through public demonstrations were a defamation against Prada, causing damage to Prada."
In contrast, the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, which will host Bovrisse for an address next month, bills her as a "global advocate for women's rights." Suki Chung of Labor Action China, one of the NGOs supporting Bovrisse, emailed that her battle with Prada was "something like a David vs. Goliath struggle." A condensed and edited version of my interview with Bovrisse follows.
What led you to go work at Prada in the first place, and what did you experience there?
I was always in fashion, based in New York for almost 20 years. My friend at Prada said there is an amazing opportunity in Japan — and my home was Japan — first female executive, reporting to the CEO of Prada, overseeing 42 stores in Japan, Guam and Saipan.
I was hired on April 2009 and so this is when the fashion industry in Japan started to fall. Because of the financial crisis. So everyone was stressed and depressed ... Whenever sales went down someone was picked and then harassed ... I was shocked, because I had never seen women treated that way at work ...
[Before, in New York] I always had female bosses. "Devil Wears Prada" is exactly what I went through — maybe a little worse, but that's how it was. So it's not like I couldn't take any level of craziness. But what I witnessed in Japan was pure discrimination, harassment — something that I'd never seen.
author: Hillary's Agenda* e-mail: poorestamericans@aol.com
With America on the verge of electing our first female U.S. President,it would not serve Japan very well to continue allowing gross mistreatment of their female Japanese citizens,while Hillary Clinton occupies the Oval office in Washington D.C.
1) Hillary's Agenda* @HILLARYSAGENDA
www Salon now reporting Prada whistle-blower Rina Bovrisse,is currently holed up in Tokyo's Ecuardorian embassy! http://t.co/b9blJeZFN7
2) Hillary's Agenda* @HILLARYSAGENDA
Ecuador's Ambassador in Tokyo told Salon"We are investigating rumors of 2 Swedish men
accusing Rina Bovrisse of raping them"
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SALON
THURSDAY, NOV 14, 2013 05:30 AM PST
Prada, suicide and sexual harassment: A whistle-blower speaks out
Rina Bovrisse brings Salon behind the scenes at Prada: "They used to call outlets 'garbage bins for old ladies'"
JOSH EIDELSON
TOPICS: PRADA, RINA BOVRISSE, WORKPLACE, BUSINESS, DISCRIMINATION, FASHION, JAPAN, LAW, LAWSUIT, FEMINISM, LABOR, THE LABOR MOVEMENT, INTERVIEW, SUICIDE, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, MEDIA NEWS, BUSINESS NEWS, NEWS, POLITICS NEWS
This spring the United Nations urged Japan to make workplace sexual harassment illegal, a move reportedly spurred by the four-year legal saga of Prada ex-employee Rina Bovrisse, who was routed in Tokyo court and now faces a countersuit for alleged defamation. In a recent interview, Bovrisse told Salon that when she challenged "pure discrimination," including regulation of women's weight and teeth, Prada responded by purging her from the company and accusing her of mental illness. "They thought I could be eliminated from society," charged Bovrisse.
Asked about Bovrisse's allegations, a Prada spokesperson emailed Salon, "In our opinion, this is just an instrumentalization, that is to say an attempt to use highly ethical issues for mere personal interests. Prada is now aiming to establish before the Tokyo District Court that the initiatives promoted by Ms. Bovrisse in the media and through public demonstrations were a defamation against Prada, causing damage to Prada."
In contrast, the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, which will host Bovrisse for an address next month, bills her as a "global advocate for women's rights." Suki Chung of Labor Action China, one of the NGOs supporting Bovrisse, emailed that her battle with Prada was "something like a David vs. Goliath struggle." A condensed and edited version of my interview with Bovrisse follows.
What led you to go work at Prada in the first place, and what did you experience there?
I was always in fashion, based in New York for almost 20 years. My friend at Prada said there is an amazing opportunity in Japan — and my home was Japan — first female executive, reporting to the CEO of Prada, overseeing 42 stores in Japan, Guam and Saipan.
I was hired on April 2009 and so this is when the fashion industry in Japan started to fall. Because of the financial crisis. So everyone was stressed and depressed ... Whenever sales went down someone was picked and then harassed ... I was shocked, because I had never seen women treated that way at work ...
[Before, in New York] I always had female bosses. "Devil Wears Prada" is exactly what I went through — maybe a little worse, but that's how it was. So it's not like I couldn't take any level of craziness. But what I witnessed in Japan was pure discrimination, harassment — something that I'd never seen.
