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Women in dozens of parliaments across the Asia-Pacific are experiencing significant levels of abuse, violence and harassment, a new report has found, with online abuse a key issue.

A female Japanese politician has received about 8,000 emails containing death threats after proposing free sanitary pads in public toilets – a wave of online abuse that experts say reflects a deepe

The Fiji Women’s Rights Movement and the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre have called for reforms to increase women’s participation in politics.

They outlined systemic barriers that limit women’s involvement in the political process.

At least 30 women politicians associated with different political parties at the local government level from two districts—Ratnapura and Kegalle—came together to discuss the digital threats they experience in their daily political careers due to their gender.

Ever since Korea was rocked by former president Yoon Suk-yeol’s botched martial law declaration on Dec. 3, 25-year-old Yu Seul-gi’s life has gone in an unexpected direction.

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) will organise a live discussion on the Media coverage of women in politics and its impact on democracy on 10 April from 5 to 6.30 pm at the Residence Palace, rue de la loi 155, Brussels. 

While some progress has been made towards gender equality in Australian elections, women remain underrepresented among candidates in the 2025 federal election, a