Bill Geared for Protecting Models Against Sexual Harassment Is Supported by Assemblywoman Nily Rozic

PROTECTING MODELS: With the treatment of models under scrutiny in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, Assemblywoman Nily Rozic has introduced legislation that would protect models against sexual and other forms of harassment. Flagged as the “Models’ Harassment Protection Act,” the bill is the result of months of research with the Model Alliance, the New York-based group that champions labor rights for models and other workers in the fashion industry. Rozic said, “If there is anything we are learning from over the past few weeks is that we have reached a turning point whether to accept sexual harassment as a norm, or end the cycle by enacting protections and providing a path of recourse. No one should ever experience sexual harassment in or outside of the workplace.” Model Alliance founder Sara Ziff, a former model, noted that she and other models have spoken about “the systematic sexual harassment and abuse on the job — and yet, powerful individuals have tried to silence us and tacitly given approval that this behavior is OK.” Diff said she met Rozic through the National Eating Disorders Association, an organization that the Model Alliance has partnered with on past efforts to address the problem of eating disorders

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