About me

For the purpose of this campaign and to protect my identity, I'm calling myself 'Amina'. 

Amina is an Arabic name meaning trustworthy and honest, and was also the name of a 16th century Muslim warrior queen, so all in all I think it's pretty apt.

I've decided to begin this blog and campaign because of my own personal, devastating experiences of abuse in the workplace, and the impact it has had on me as an individual and my life. Naively I had always thought that living in the society that I did, justice ruled and that most people had a strong moral compass whatever their personal beliefs. Sadly this is no longer the case.

From my initial research it appears that abuse in the workplace is more common than people are aware of. In my case the abuse was emotional, psychological and verbal. It was also a mobbing; the bullies rounded up their friends to also abuse me whilst spreading gossip to discredit and undermine my character. At the time I described it as being raped publicly and I cannot even convey into words the deep pain and trauma I felt.

Although I managed to get myself back on track physically and emotionally, I am a changed person. It's 5 years later and I still feel unable to move on with my life. Gossip spread at the time has followed me, made my life difficult and prevented me from developing normal, positive relationships with colleagues and even people outside of work. A career for myself is out of the question; my immediate concern is being able to stay in a job and provide for myself.

I will blog my own experiences here and give myself the voice I have been denied in the outside world, but I also want to make an effort to raise awareness of this issue in both society and law, because the law needs to be more than rhetoric. It needs to be enforced for the sake of the victims.