LoSHA

LoSHA (List of Sexual Harassers in Academia) was a crowdsourced list of sexual harassers in academia that was compiled in 2017 by Raya Sarkar, a law student studying at UC Davis School of Law.[1] This list, published on Sarkar's Facebook page[2] with the intention of a cautionary list rather than for institutional action,[3] was cited to have marked the advent of the #MeToo movement in India.[4][5]

Sarkar received death threats within days of publishing the list which included professors from renowned institutions including Indian Institute of Technology (Bhubaneswar) and Tata Institute of Social Sciences.[6] Fourteen notable self-proclaimed feminists including Nivedita Menon and Kavita Krishnan also published a statement expressing dismay over the list, citing a commitment to due process.

References
  1. "Meet Raya Sarkar, the South Asian student who made a list of predatory academics". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  2. Deep, Shreya Roy Chowdhury & Aroon. "Universities respond to Raya Sarkar's list of alleged sexual predators: Mostly silence, some denials". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  3. "Why I Published A List Of Sexual Predators In Academia". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  4. Prasad, Elizabeth Cassin and Ritu (2017-11-06). "Student's 'sexual predator' list names professors". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  5. "#MeToo: Corporate India is complicit and the time is up". Cnbctv18.com. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  6. "Raya Sarkar faces death, rape threats after sexual predators' list takes academia by storm". Firstpost.com. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
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