And a warning, this interview contains distressing content.
Women who speak up against wrongdoing and become whistleblowers are paying a heavy price for their courage.
Those are the findings in a new report from the Human Rights Law Centre.
It finds women are more likely to face harassment and bullying in the workplace because of their whistleblowing disclosures.
Among recommendations, it calls for an independent whistleblowers authority that would offer advice to those wanting to call out wrongdoing, and a way to disclose information safely.
In this episode of Weekend One on One, former RAAF airwoman Julia Delaforce speaks with Angelica Waite.
In 2010, as a serving member of the Australian Defence Force (ADF), she blew the whistle on serious cultural and systemic failures affecting women in uniform, and harassment in the armed services.
Her disclosure contributed to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Phase 2 report of the review into the treatment of women in the ADF published in 2012.
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