A policy adviser fired by the U.N. agency fighting AIDS is appealing her dismissal for misconduct, saying she was actually sacked for reporting that she had been sexually assaulted by a senior colleague, her appeal documents show.
Martina Brostrom, former policy adviser at UNAIDS, poses at her house in Divonne-les-Bains, France, August 3, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Then UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director Luiz Loures denies her accusation that he groped her in a hotel elevator in Thailand in 2015 and tried to drag her towards his room. Brostrom went public with her complaint in 2018. Guterres spokesman Stephane Dujarric declined to give any details of the investigation, citing confidentiality. Reuters was unable to confirm whether it was still ongoing.
Asked to comment, Loures said Brostrom was trying to distract attention from her dismissal. “I was not involved in the decision to dismiss and indeed had left UNAIDS before the independent investigation was started,” he said. Guterres has called for “zero tolerance” on sexual harassment and sought to bring in greater protection for those who report it since taking office in 2017.
UNAIDS declined to give details of the alleged wrongdoing by Brostrom which led to her dismissal, citing confidentiality.
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