As the prominence of women in politics increases, so does the incidence of violence against women in politics. This section highlights news, interviews, resources and events on violence against women in politics
The past twelve months or more have not been so good for women in senior political positions. Deputy Kristina Moore may disagree, having been elected last year as Jersey’s first female Chief Minister, but look a little further afield and many other...
An academic has said the failure to tackle cyber violence against women in politics could lead to “a perpetuation of inequality and silencing of women's voices.”
Associate Professor Tom Felle of the University of Galway is now calling for new...
As the country gears up for polls in June, women in politics speak out about refusing to be silenced despite the abuse and intimidation they face
When Femi Claudius Cole decided to form a political party, to address what she saw as Sierra Leone’s...
Female candidates in the local elections across the country this weekend face one of the world’s toughest glass ceilings
Ai Ishimori was teaching Japanese cookery classes in France when she was gripped by an urge to return to her home country.
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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...
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...
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...
In nearly 50 years, PNG has elected just seven female MPs. Money, culture and corruption are all working against the women trying to address the problem.
When she first tried for a seat in the Papua New Guinea parliament in 2017, Rufina Peter was a...
By Jo Dyer
As disillusionment with the Morrison government grows, a new generation of independents is emerging to run against the system itself.
The event’s lineup was formidable and the audience at the 2021 Sydney writers’ festival was expectant:...
Gul Bano* and Karima* are activists who ran provincial branches of the ministry of women’s affairs in two different parts of Afghanistan. Their former offices have been taken over by the Taliban’s feared enforcers, the ministry for the promotion of...
Harassment is common for women who run for office and female MPs comprise just 9.9% of lower house.
Mari Yasuda has come to dread checking her social media accounts. While a TV programme has tipped the candidate as “one to watch” in Japan’s general...
European Commission president blames sexism for second-rank treatment in Ankara
The first female president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has blamed sexism for an incident in which she was left without a chair on a diplomatic...
Ask every female politician in the Victorian Parliament and they will most likely have that one story. There’s the young mother who was reprimanded for wearing black skinny jeans in the Legislative Assembly (“it was one less thing I needed to iron...
Over a dozen House Democrats, led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), took to the House floor on Thursday to call out a “culture” of sexism in Congress following an incident in which Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) was overheard calling Ocasio-Cortez...
‘We don’t have bodyguards, we are completely vulnerable’: female MPs on the fears they face
Paula Sherriff tries her best not to be paranoid, or let it get in the way of her work as an MP. But, ever since her friend and colleague Jo Cox was murdered in the street a few miles from where Sherriff lives, she has found threats of violence...
