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Saturday 15 September 2018

Crossing oceans against workplace harassment

board of the Report App. the US Consul in Curacao.
It’s a very safe and secured “There wasn’t enough time
way of keeping a logbook to go through all the sheets
about the incidents peo- because of the new and
ple experience as a victim unique dilemma game
or bystander, this logbook AWH, which created a very
can be uploaded (no must) interesting discussion about
when people are ready to what is needed to cre-
file their report to create a ate a safer and healthier
better place for themselves workplace”, Bosman said.
at work. The foundation in People are very afraid to
Aruba will make sure that speak- and stand-up for
training and advise is avail- victims who experience(d)
able for local confidential workplace harassment,
advisors, furthermore the lack of a well implement-
foundation will support ed policy and knowledge
confidential advisors who about the subject are one
experience resistance from of the reasons creating this
their superiors in handling problem.
a complaint or report from
an employee. Aruba App-Ready
On Wednesday, Septem-
Before AWH visited Aruba, ber 5 th AWH presented the
Bosman presented the Report App in Aruba in the
workshop About Sexual Surfside Marina complex.
Workplace Harassment for Continued on Page 14

NETHERLANDS/ARUBA - that people need more that policies, procedures
Karin Bosman, founder of information and instruc- and the support for the re-
foundation About Work- tion about workplace ha- porters must be in place at
place Harassment (AWH), rassment”, Bosman says. organizations that provide
is committed to put work- Neglecting these results this smartphone app to
place harassment on the will be nothing more than their employees.
agenda in Aruba and Cu- denying the problem. 72%
racao since 2015. Recently of the participants stated Report App
they widened their working that they don’t see their The Report App ensures
area also to Bonaire and workplace as a safe envi- employees to have access
St. Maarten, in cooperation ronment, so it’s time that to information and instruc-
with Medwork for the intro- Aruba addresses work- tion about workplace ha-
duction of the Report App. place harassment. The Re- rassment 24/7. Support for
port App will be supported the reporters comes from
“With latest findings of their by an Aruban foundation the professional or the in-
follow-up research about which will make sure that ternal or external confiden-
sexual workplace harass- the App is being used in the tial advisor, whom are all
ment, it’s clearer than ever proper way, which means connected to the dash-