Japanese activists fighting against "maternity harassment"

Japanese activists fighting against "maternity harassment"

TOKYO, Japan - Sayaka Osakabe, the head of Matahara Net, a group supporting victims of "maternity harassment," or pregnancy discrimination, holds a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2014, the day after a landmark decision by the Supreme Court in favor of a woman demoted due to pregnancy.

Woman champions ban on 'maternity harassment'

Woman champions ban on 'maternity harassment'

TOKYO, Japan - Sayaka Osakabe, seen in this photo taken on Sept. 29, 2014, is an organizer of the "Matahara Net" campaign to counter "maternity harassment" in male-dominated workplaces. She says she has collected over 8,000 signatures on her petition to include a ban on such harassment in a bill pushed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to encourage the employment of more women and their promotion to managerial posts.

Japanese activists fighting against "maternity harassment"

Japanese activists fighting against "maternity harassment"

TOKYO, Japan - Sayaka Osakabe, the head of Matahara Net, a group supporting victims of "maternity harassment," or pregnancy discrimination, holds a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2014, the day after a landmark decision by the Supreme Court in favor of a woman demoted due to pregnancy. (Kyodo)

Woman champions ban on 'maternity harassment'

Woman champions ban on 'maternity harassment'

TOKYO, Japan - Sayaka Osakabe, seen in this photo taken on Sept. 29, 2014, is an organizer of the "Matahara Net" campaign to counter "maternity harassment" in male-dominated workplaces. She says she has collected over 8,000 signatures on her petition to include a ban on such harassment in a bill pushed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to encourage the employment of more women and their promotion to managerial posts. (Kyodo)