MindTribes co-founder Div Pillay launches #NotMe app in Australia for workers to report racism and discrimination anonymously

Div Pillay knows large numbers of women are witnessing and experiencing sexism and racism at work but are not reporting it to their employers, due to fear of backlash.

She knows this because she’s funded and engaged research on the issue herself and through her business MindTribes, in partnership with the University of Melbourne and CPSU Victoria.

Seventy-six percent of women of colour and 42% of Anglo-European women who witnessed and experienced sexism and racism at work did not report it, due to fear of negative backlash, according to their recent Safer Workplaces for Women of Colour report.

So what can employers that want to actually address this issue, do about it? Especially as more employers will soon need to outline “Duty of Care” requirements, following the passage of