. I will be reporting it. So dissappointing + disheartening [sic].'The alleged incident took place during networking drinks at the Berlin-based conference – a major event on the global health calendar which Dr James, a British Canadian junior doctor working in Stoke-on-Trent, had long been looking forward to. It was roughly midnight and around 15 people were still in the hotel lobby, speaking about their work and the day's highlights, when Dr James and a senior employee of the WHO started talking. Describing the incident in detail for the first time, Dr James told the Telegraph that the professional conversation shifted after the man placed a 'firm hand' on her bottom and later touched her breast. At one point, she said, he angled his crotch against her leg suggestively. © Provided by The Telegraph Dr Rosie James speaking at a conference - Rosie James The man continued even when it was clear Dr James was uncomfortable – which eye witnesses have confirmed. He then repeatedly asked for her hotel room number.'I was very scared and belittled and sexualised,' Dr James told the Telegraph. 'Then later, when I was back in my hotel room, I was angry more than anything… that's when I tweeted impulsively.'The tweet, which quickly went viral, has highlighted what critics say is a longstanding 'toxic culture' of sexual and physical abuse within the UN and its broader networks.'I was frustrated and wanted to hold myself accountable to reporting it, and){kind=link}
A WHO employee put a ‘firm hand’ on the 26-year-old’s bottom and touched her breast, in a case that exposes harassment in the UN
It was 3am when Dr Rosie James hit ‘tweet’. The 26-year-old had just returned to her hotel room after a packed day at the World Health Summit, but the evening’s events had left her angry, upset and feeling like a “piece of meat”.
“I was sexually assaulted by a @WHO [World Health Organization] staff tonight,” she wrote on Twitter. “This was not the first time in the global health sphere that this has occured (for MANY of us). I will be reporting it. So dissappointing + disheartening [sic].”
The alleged incident took place during networking drinks at the Berlin-based conference – a major event on the global health calendar which Dr James, a British Canadian junior doctor working in Stoke-on-Trent, had long been looking forward to.
It was roughly midnight and around 15 people were still in the hotel lobby, speaking about their work and the day’s highlights, when Dr James and a senior employee of the WHO started talking.