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World Service,12 Aug 2002,28 mins

Blowing The Whistle On The UN

Everywoman

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An UN whistleblower, Kathryn Bolkovac, has been vindicated by an employment tribunal ruling that she was unfairly dismissed, having lost her job after revealing the use of sex workers by some of her colleagues. She talks about her experience. Also on the programme: A look at the fire fighting technique of smoke jumping, and the women who do it. Plus, a life of milk and honey - a Hindu woman remembers an idyllic childhood in Kashmir.

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