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Full protection for both employee as well confidential counselor:

Unique Safety App for the workplace

ORANJESTAD — Violence, place, and confidential
aggression, bullying, dis- counselors being reproved
crimination and sexual ha- by management, belong
rassment have one thing to the past.
in common. Its unwanted
behavior, unwanted man- Report ensures the fact
ners in the workplace that that the complainant who
might affect you, your sis- files the report is always in
ter or your son. It’s actually control. What is reported,
causing occupational dis- when and to whom. This
ease number one since it’s approachable tool and the
the primary cause of work fact that both STFRA and
stress. Medwork are there to assist
the complainant and con-
Finally after all the research fidential counselor make it
and shocking conclusions a unique and solid combi-
there are practical solu- nation which will ensure an
tions. AWH, STFRA and enormous improvement in
Medwork joint forces to creating a safe work envi-
offer every employee and ronment in Aruba!
labor professional a tool
and associated legal pro- The idea for this App start-
tection. Fortunately some ed in 2015 by the founder
complex issues have simple of the organization About
solutions. This new tool, the Workplace Harassment
smartphone application (AWM), Karin Bosman from
Report makes sure unwant- The Netherlands. She was
ed manners in the work- inspired by her own experi-

ence with reporting sexual She explains Aruba Today
harassment and after two that discussion and politi-
and half years of research cal debate need to raise
she proudly announces the necessary awareness
that the development of thus are essential to break
this international applica- the taboo that still rests on
tion is a fact. sexual workplace harass-
ment. This App will for sure
Breaking Taboos help future victims and by-
For Karin, it all started with standers to step up for their
a personal experience of rights and get the neces-
(sexual) workplace harass- sary help.
ment. The period of isola-
tion in which the harass- Contact us now and have
ment took place and the yourself informed about
emotional rollercoaster this next step. The working
you suddenly find yourself population of Aruba has
within when you speak-up the right to be informed.
drove her to her goal: to
step up for other victims. AWH: Karin Bosman, E:
She wrote a book about karin@aboutworkplace-
her experience and now harassment.com , T:
she is the founder of AWH, +31645466948 Medwork:
as well as an international Drs. Ru Croes, ru.croes@
speaker about the topic. medwork.aw q