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[ad_1] NEW YORK: From Hollywood to Bollywood, the #MeToo movement is making its mark around the globe since rising a year ago, with companies, politicians and charities caught up in the battle against sexual harassment of women. With the behavior of politicians likely to take center stage in pending US elections, #MeToo supporters have declared the movement a sweeping transformation permanently altering the treatment of women - though some suggest it has gone too far. The movement is newly taking hold in India, where one Bollywood actress's complaint of sexual misconduct sparked an outpouring of support. Over the past week, women have flooded social media with their experiences of harassment and sexual violence, with senior figures in entertainment and the media and a government minister under scrutiny. Elsewhere, a Chinese university professor was fired after allegations of harassment and, in such conservative societies as Indonesia and Pakistan, women have been speaking out abo...

[ad_1] Ex-Bollywood actress Tanushree Dutta has told the BBC of the fallout from being "harassed on a movie set". Ms Dutta, whose allegations helped launch the #MeToo movement in India, says she chose to stay away from movies after the incident a decade ago. [ad_2]

[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mr Akbar has not responded to the allegations against him A former prominent newspaper editor who is now a junior foreign minister is the latest to be named in what is being called India's #MeToo movement. MJ Akbar is accused of predatory behaviour, including inviting young women to hotel rooms for "meetings". Neither Mr Akbar nor the foreign ministry have responded to the allegations against him. But another minister, Maneka Gandhi, said all allegations, including those against politicians, must be probed. He is the most senior person so far to be named in the flurry of allegations that have been made against comedians, journalists, authors, actors and filmmakers in the last few days. Read more about India's #MeToo firestorm One of India's most...

[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Image caption This is not the first time alleged harassers have been publicly shamed in India India's #MeToo movement arrived in a cascade of allegations as women took to Twitter to call out comedians, journalists, authors, actors and filmmakers - in the process, they have sparked a debate about consent and complicity. Unlike its American counterpart, it has not been spurred by investigative journalism. Rather, it has been a spontaneous outpouring in the last few days, amplified by journalists themselves. And it has hit Indian media the hardest. It's difficult to say what sparked the torrent of allegations. But it seems to have started on 4 October when a young female comedian accused Utsav Chakraborty, a 33-year-old comedian, of sending her an unsolicited photo of his pe...

[ad_1] The Kavanaugh hearings and #MeToo movement are shaping conversations high school students are having about sex. As part of the BBC's Ask America project we talked to teenagers involved in Change the Talk, a Los Angeles programme bringing peer-to-peer sexual violence education into high schools. If you have story ideas or questions about the US you want us to explore please let us know. You can email askamerica@bbc.co.uk or use #BBCAskAmerica. [ad_2]