Violence Against Women in Politics

 

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IPU - Celia Xakriaba, a climate activist, is one of 4 indigenous women to be elected to the Brazilian Parliament. © Douglas Magno/AFP
Tuesday, March 07, 2023
Women in parliament 2022: The year in review
In 2022, women’s leadership in the world’s parliaments continued with a slow pace of incremental growth as the world re-emerged after two years of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns and losses. Women reached new milestones in parliamentary representation...
norden
Friday, March 03, 2023
CSW 67: Pushing back the push-back - Nordic solutions to online gender-based violence
Welcome to this CSW67 event when Nordic gender equality ministers talk about Nordic solutions to make the digital world safer for all, led by Iceland's prime minister. The Nordic countries are ready to push back the opposition to gender equality!...
UNDP
Wednesday, March 01, 2023
CSW 67: Tech for Inclusion: Harnessing Digital Technologies to Combat Online Violence Against Women in Politics
Against the backdrop of the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, which has "Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls" as its...
Female politicians from around the world face torrents of online abuse. Top row, left to right: Manuela d’Ávila, Diane Abbott, Esther Passaris; bottom row: Sanna Marin, Julia Gillard, Nicola Sturgeon and Priyanka Chaturvedi. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell, A
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
‘Gender trolling’ is curbing women’s rights – and making money for digital platforms
Online hate has become a tool of the right and a lucrative business. It’s driving women out of public life, putting democracy and human rights at risk Listening to the resignation speech of Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon this week, it was...
MS Magazine
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
It’s past time for a woman president
Imagine an America where a young girl can see her future reflected in the face of her president. On Presidents’ Day, we reflect on the legacy of the presidents who have led our nation since our founding. These leaders have differed in their...
The GW Hatchet
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Essay: Sexist dress codes don’t stop at high school. They’re plaguing female lawmakers.
When I left high school, I thought I would no longer have to worry about whether my skirt was “too short,” or – God forbid – if my shoulders were visible. I believed that becoming an adult would come with the freedom of choosing what to wear, but I’...
Nicola Sturgeon: ‘Social media provides a vehicle for the most awful abuse of women, misogyny, sexism and threats of violence for women who put their heads above the parapet.’ Photograph: Reuters
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
‘It could be your next-door neighbour’: how female MPs cope with misogynistic abuse
As Nicola Sturgeon quits, online vitriol continues to leave female politicians fearing for their safety he brutality of political life had taken its toll on her, said Nicola Sturgeon as she announced her resignation on Wednesday. That same day, a 42...
Nicola Sturgeon (left) and Jacinda Arden both spoke of wrestling with competing demands of high office. Composite: Getty
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
First Ardern, now Sturgeon: leaders echo ‘dehumanising’ pressures
Like ex-New Zealand PM, Scotland’s first minister speaks of duty to admit how ‘brutality’ of political life got to her he was, she stressed, “a human being”, not just a politician. And as one who had wrestled with accepting she simply no longer had...
Noriko Suematsu, mayor of Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, speaks in an interview at Suzuka City Hall in October. | KYODO
Friday, February 17, 2023
Survey highlights struggles faced by Japan's female politicians
TSU, MIE PREF. – Female politicians and leaders in Japan are more likely to face gender bias and sexual harassment than their male counterparts, with their competence often questioned regardless of past experience, a recent survey by Kyodo News...
The Island
Monday, February 06, 2023
Harassment of women in politics on the rise in Sri Lanka
Election monitors and activists express concern that digital harassment of female politicians will increase when the local council elections campaign gets into full swing in the coming weeks. According to the preliminary results of a survey...
Bloomberg
Monday, February 06, 2023
Rutgers Uni's Dittmar on Women in Politics
Kelly Dittmar, Director of Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, discusses her views on women's position and role in politics, following an abrupt resignation from now former New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern. She...
Raseef22
Wednesday, February 01, 2023
Haunted by threats and intimidation, women candidates are first victims of Tunisia’s elections
“During the election campaign, a new phase of pressure and harassment began, because accepting my candidacy alongside a group of men had angered them, or at least some of them, and also perhaps frightened them, because the idea of a woman winning in...
The Guardian - Jacinda Ardern speaks to the media a day after announcing her resignation as prime minister of New Zealand. Photograph: Ben Mckay/EPA
Friday, January 27, 2023
Jacinda Ardern: political figures believe abuse and threats contributed to PM’s resignation
Ardern says she slept soundly ‘for the first time in a long time,’ as colleagues in New Zealand deplore her treatment as PM and race begins to replace her Jacinda Ardern has said she slept soundly after her shock resignation “for the first time in...
The Guardian - Jacinda Ardern announcing her resignation in Napier, New Zealand yesterday. Photograph: Kerry Marshall/Getty Images
Friday, January 27, 2023
Women suffer guilt, abuse and disapproval. No wonder Jacinda Ardern is knackered
We worry about our families, ourselves, the threats and society’s expectations. When it leads to burnout, can anyone be surprised? Jacinda Ardern has no gas left in the tank to continue as the prime minister of New Zealand. Her resignation speech ...
COMFREL
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Survey : Women Political Activist’s Participation in Politics in Cambodia
Cambodian women remain to face different forms of discrimination and violence against them in their political participation and interests; it is a serious issue although their political rights and participation are fully guaranteed by the Cambodian...
Her - Holly Cairns
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
"It interferes with your job": Holly Cairns on the abuse of women in politics
The Cork TD shared how she was left "absolutely terrified" after a stalker showed up at her home. Social Democrats TD Holly Cairns has spoken about her experience with a stalker, and the level of abuse women in politics receive. Speaking on Virgin...
The Saturday Paper
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Julia Banks on how politics fails women
When Liberal MP Julia Banks quit the Morrison government in 2018, her resignation was cited as an example of how hostile the political environment can be towards women. But Banks’ story and her resignation happened to coincide with a landmark report...
Image: Irish Times Studio
Monday, January 23, 2023
‘Any woman in her right mind would not go into politics. You are completely dehumanised
Five public representatives describe a world of threats, insults and fear, driving one to conclude: ‘I’ve gone past the stage of recommending politics to people’ A bullet shell left at the back door. A long lens over the garden wall. A letter that...

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