Female Farmworkers are Most Vulnerable

http://www.hcn.org/wotr/female-farmworkers-are-the-most-vulnerable

Under a scorching heat, a group of farmworkers harvests melons from a vast field near Huron, Calif. There is only one woman among the dozen or so workers; she leans into the task, her arms outstretched, her body itself a tool. The bandana around her face and her baggy long-sleeved T-shirt offer a thin protection against the sun. But these clothes, which mask her figure and her beauty, are also her best defense against a darker threat: sexual assault and harassment by her co-workers or boss.

Read the whole essay from High Country News' Writers on the Range news service.

Tags: farmworkers, sexual harrassment
Topics: Ending Sexism, Immigrants, Mental health, Work