Read women’s stories
Read our featured HealthToo stories from women health workers who have been subject to Sexual Expoitation, Abuse and Harassment at work. These stories have been shared anonymously by women from right across the world, demonstrating how widespread and universal this problem is. We thank them for their strength and courage in stepping forward to put their story on record so that we can work to introduce policies that better protect them.
Sexual Exploitation: Story from a Doctor From Africa
When I was still a medical student I went to consult an ear, nose, and throat specialist in my hospital ...
Sexual Harassment: Story from Researcher from Africa
I was a Junior Researcher in a health organization and loved what I did. I got along with my boss fine ...
Sexual Harassment: Story of a Doctor from Europe
During my first day of work on a surgical rotation, I was introduced to the Vice-Director of the department, a ...
Sexual Harassment: Story of a Medical Student From the Americas Region
While I was a medical student doing a rotation at a public hospital in Mexico City, I had a family ...
Sexual Abuse: Story From a Surgeon From Africa
I was a junior general practitioner and having completed assisting a surgery, I went to the changing room. Another male ...
Sexual Harassment: Story from a Community Health Worker From Asia
I was not a very literate person when I started this work, but I learned many new things. I started ...
Sexual Abuse: Story from a Health Policy Worker in Africa
For a capacity-building program, there was a conference in a city outside my own and we made a trip. He ...
Sexual Harassment: Story of a Pharmacist from the African Region
Hospital driver got inappropriate when I was called back to the hospital at midnight to issue anesthesia meds to a ...
Sexual Harassment: Story of a resident doctor from Asia
At the same time, I faced another couple of ordeals at the hands of a relative of a paediatric patient, ...
Sexual Abuse: A story of a nurse from Africa
So this new doctor was posted to my unit and from the word go used to stare at me in ...
