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Chavez Women Farm Workers
This undated photo shows Mónica Ramírez, the head and founder of Justice for Migrant Movement, who has been a leader in a grassroots movement to fight against widespread sexual abuse against women farmworkers.
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The shattered legacy of Latino labor rights icon César Chavez has been particularly devastating among advocates who have long fought to raise awareness about sexual harassment and abuse against women farmworkers, which remains both widespread and underreported. Still, advocates say things have changed since Chavez’s time and important action has been taken especially after the #MeToo movement.