Female Umpires Fight Back Against Toxic Culture

Imagine every day you go to work and not only are you confronted by a crowd of people telling you how terrible you are at your job, but that the reason you're terrible at your job is because you're a woman.

That's what female umpires face when they step out to referee sports across the country, and with a damning report into the culture of AFL umpiring, it's been revealed that the abuse is not just coming from the crowd but from within their own ranks too.

The Quicky team speaks to a former umpire and author of that report to find out what's turning women away from doing a job they love.

*please note some of the content from the report has been voiced by voice actors

CREDITS 

Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to:

Dr Victoria Rawlings - former AFL umpire and Researcher, and Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney.

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

Audio Producer: Jacob Round

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