Violence Against Women in Politics

Nigeria has one of the lowest rates of female political representation in the world. This culture is established and reinforced early.

In the 2020 elections in Georgia, women increased their share of seats in parliament from 14 to almost 20 percent.

Recent evidence of violence against women in politics shows that online hate speech and harassment represent both serious and increasing obstacles to the ability of female political leaders to fulfil their mandates.

Online abuse and harassment of women in public life has become a curse on our political landscape.

Women around the world are facing unprecedented levels of targeted political violence. This is also true in West Africa. Women can be targeted in a myriad of ways, by an array of types of perpetrators, during and outside of periods of conflict and contentious crises.

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As discussion of falsehoods about the 2020 election and their deadly consequences are televised from Capitol Hill, states’ top election officials are grappling with inaccurate information — which can make them targets.

Lebanon has one of the highest overall gender gaps in the world, ranking 145 out of 153 countries.