Police have received a complaint of sexual harassment against a woman working as a volunteer at the Health Emergency Operations Center HEOC, the command center built to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
Speaking to "The Press", the media official at the Police said that their officers are now actively investigating the matter. Police did not clarify whether the harassment had occurred at the Health Ministry or at Dharubaaru get where HEOC operations are centered.
Sources have confirmed that the perpetrator of the alleged abuse is a man who works at the Health Ministry.
Sources have also confirmed that the issue of harassment had escalated to the point where a group of people had a physical altercation with the man in question.
Maldivian workplaces are rife with sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior but recently victims have been breaking the trend of suffering in silence and calling out their colleagues or bosses for such unacceptable behavior.
