Threats, harassment driving women out of politics, MPs warn

Another of the victims of the internal war that Esquerra lives in was the file that investigated the alleged ill-treatment of members of parliament Pilar Vallugera against former members of Congress during the last legislature. The processing of the file, which was never closed or raised to the party executive to assess possible disciplinary sanctions, was caught in the middle of other derivatives of the schism among the president, Oriol Junquer…

The Cost of Doing Politics? Analyzing Violence and Harassment against Female Politicians

The Cost of Doing Politics? Analyzing Violence and Harassment against Female Politicians - Volume 18 Issue 3

Diana DiZoglio acknowledged ‘threats’ to impartiality in legislative audit, records show

State Auditor Diana DiZoglio acknowledged multiple times over the past two years that there are “threats” to her ability to impartially audit the Legislature because of her past work as a Massachusetts lawmaker, according to paperwork she signed obtained by the Herald. But in each of the documents, the former legislator maintained she is able to direct a bias-free audit of the House and Senate because of multiple safeguards and guidance her offi…

Threats, harassment and online hate driving women out of politics, MPs warn - National

Liberal leadership hopeful Gould says that harassment has worsened, particularly on social media and through threats to her constituency office.

Threats, harassment driving women out of politics, MPs warn

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Marian Hussein, a member of parliament and deputy leader of the Swedish Socialist Party (SV), receives hate speech and hate messages in her role as an elected official. Employers and colleagues have a responsibility when someone is subjected to harassment at work, and this applies especially to the Storting. The problem is that Hussein does not receive hate speech in just any workplace – she receives it by being part of the country's most import…