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…

Chihuahua, Chih.- During the march for the commemoration of Women's Day, protesters placed on University Avenue a photograph of the multi-nominal deputy Francisco Sánchez, where they accuse him of stalking. Sanchez, leader of the Citizen Movement Party, has already been pointed out on occasions through social networks. The photograph of the legislator was glued along with other photos of men accused of the same attitudes.

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.

The MEP of Podemos and former Minister of Equality, Irene Montero, has called for "self-criticism" and asked to "act" if a case of sexual violence is known, "but not to look good." She has assured the media in statements before the demonstration called by the 8M Commission on the occasion of International Women's Day.Montero has regretted that there are "spaces of power that continue to protect sexual aggressors knowing that they are and therefo…