“Women Speaking Up: Gender Dynamics in Australia’s Whistleblowing Landscape” has found that:

• women are more likely to speak up about the endangerment of people, while men are more likely to report fraud or corruption;
• although men and women suffer reprisal at the same rate, women are more likely to face harassment and bullying in the workplace because of their whistleblowing disclosures;
• the majority of our lowest paid clients are women, who are more likely to suffer reprisal the less they earn; and
• the most prevalent industry for women in reporting wrongdoing is healthcare, where concerningly 100% of clients speaking up suffered reprisal.

The report makes a number of recommendations to better protect women who blow the whistle, including establishing a Whistleblower Protection Authority which recognises and incorporates women’s experiences of speaking up.