Brittany Higgins has announced her latest big move

Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins has revealed her surprising new role.

Brittany Higgins has announced she completed an internship at the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).

The former Liberal staffer made the announcement via Twitter and Instagram.

“Honoured to have interned at this year’s @unitednations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in Geneva!” she wrote on Instagram.

Brittany Higgins announced the move on her social media accounts.

The news comes less than two weeks after Ms Higgins revealed she’d been hit with a legal threat for defamation from Liberal senator Linda Reynolds.

Ms Higgins received a concerns notice from Linda Reynolds threatening defamation over an Instagram story regarding Senator Reynolds plans to refer Ms Higgins’ compensation payout to the new anti-corruption watchdog.

“This has been going on for years now,” Ms Higgins said.

“It has to stop.”

Senator Linda Reynolds employed Ms Higgins at the time of her alleged sexual assault. Picture: NewsWire

In the post, she included a screenshot referring to a news article that Ms Reynolds planned to refer her Commonwealth payout to the new National Anti-Corruption Commission.

“These are just headlines from today,” Ms Higgins said.

“This is from a current Australian Senator.

“My former boss who has publicly apologised for mishandling my rape allegation.

“Who has had to publicly apologise after defaming me in the workplace.

“Who is suing my fiance for a tweet.”

Bruce Lehrmann continues to deny allegations of sexual assault. Picture: NewsWire

Senator Reynolds employed Ms Higgins at the time she alleged she was sexually assaulted in her ministerial office.

Ms Higgins received at least $2.5 million in compensation after claiming up to 40 years of economic loss and the end of her political career following what she said was a mishandling of her allegations. The figure of the payout has never been released, and Ms Higgins has claimed it is well below $3 million, the figure initially reported.

Ms Higgins has alleged she was sexually assaulted by fellow Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann in the office of Ms Reynolds, a claim he has vehemently denied.

A trial against Mr Lehrmann was aborted following juror misconduct, and a retrial was scrapped due to fears for Ms Higgins’ mental health.

The charge against him was subsequently dropped.

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