Female oil worker Eva Hagan has gone public with her shameful story, after she was asked to leave a conference because she had her three-month-old baby with her.
The 31-year-old was horrified when she reached the door of the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC), only to be denied entry to an event because she had her baby in a sling. She was then asked to leave twice more, once she got inside.
Ms Hagan took to her LinkedIn account to share her dismay, posting a photo of herself and baby Ismay.
In the post, she wrote: “Extremely disappointed to have been asked to leave Offshore Europe yesterday for health and safety reasons as I had my baby with me in a sling. Surely this is the image of women in the industry we want to inspire others, rather than the PR girls in hotpants wearing company PEE?”
She went on to re-post the image of herself to her Instagram account, adding in the caption that she was made to feel 'very unwelcome'.
Ms Hagan’s post has attracted a lot of international attention, prompting a representative for Offshore Europe to issue a statement.
“Offshore Europe is a business conference and exhibition. As such, we have a clearly stated policy of no entry to under-16s, advertised six months in advance of the event and agreed to by al registrants,” the statement read.
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