The cameras arrived with the raid.

We were treated like criminals instead of the working professionals we are. I keep the books and the appointment diary. I am not a case file.

The media was brought along during the raid. Lights, microphones, questions shouted while we were still in our work clothes. My face was on a local clip before my mother had been told I was “safe.”

Safety that begins with a television crew is not safety. It is a show. After that night, neighbours asked questions I should never have had to answer. Clients cancelled. The owner shut for a month.

I joined this platform so no other woman has to go through that public humiliation. If officers need to inspect a workplace, they can do it without turning us into a headline. Women already have more laws on paper. That night we had less justice.