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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Adeshola Ore

One-in-eight women working in emergency services experienced sexual harassment, Victorian report says

Ambulance Victoria is under scrutiny for stalling work to tackle discrimination, sexual harassment and bullying.
Ambulance Victoria is under scrutiny for stalling work to tackle discrimination, sexual harassment and bullying. Photograph: Diego Fedele/Getty Images

About one-in-eight women working in Victoria’s police and emergency services experienced some form of sexual harassment during the first full year of the pandemic, the first gender equity audit of its kind has revealed.

The results of the audit, published on Monday, found women across the public sector were 50% more likely to say they had experienced sexual harassment than men.

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