New Zealand: "Relentless" abuse against women MPs on the rise
Source: Stuff
A rising tide of “deeply sexist” abuse and threats against women MPs is part of a concerted effort to push them out of public office, an expert says.
Speaker of the House Trevor Mallard said abuse has ramped up in the past five years, with personalised vitriol often directed at women MPs pushing them to set up home security systems and seek Parliament support. It comes after a campaign of misogynistic online trolling against left-wing female politicians was discovered.
“It is very concerning ... and deeply sexist,” Mallard said of increasing threats.
Marianne Elliott, a co-director at research, training and consultancy organisation The Workshop said Māori and queer MPs had faced abuse for decades, but now all women MPs were targets.
Click here to read the full article published by Stuff on 1 April 2022.
A rising tide of “deeply sexist” abuse and threats against women MPs is part of a concerted effort to push them out of public office, an expert says.
Speaker of the House Trevor Mallard said abuse has ramped up in the past five years, with personalised vitriol often directed at women MPs pushing them to set up home security systems and seek Parliament support. It comes after a campaign of misogynistic online trolling against left-wing female politicians was discovered.
“It is very concerning ... and deeply sexist,” Mallard said of increasing threats.
Marianne Elliott, a co-director at research, training and consultancy organisation The Workshop said Māori and queer MPs had faced abuse for decades, but now all women MPs were targets.
Click here to read the full article published by Stuff on 1 April 2022.