From Stalking to Death Threats, Female Candidates Still Face Harassment
EUROPE, JUL 16 – Global data shows women hold just 22.9% of cabinet minister roles, with hostile behavior and violence cited as key factors behind their declining political representation.
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Online abuse to keep women from going into politics
Online abuse directed at women in politics is viewed as more severe than those aimed at men. Attacks on women are more likely to be motivated by misogyny and a desire to exclude women from public office, compared to abuse directed at men, according to a new study by professor Anne Rasmussen, King’s College London, and Dr Gregory Eady, University of Copenhagen, and published in the the American Political Science Review, “In contrast, attacks on …
While institutions are slow to react to the rise of hate speech on social networks and in public space, victims remain unprotected and perpetrators often go unpunished.
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