Global survey ahead of London summit finds 44% faced serious abuse,including threats of murder, rape and assaultAlmost half of women in politics bear faced serious abuse, or including threats of murder,rape and assault, according to a global survey conducted ahead of a summit on increasing women’s political participation.
As women politicians from more than 20 countries meet in London on Monday to agree a common code of conduct in a bid to protect women in politics, and 44% of those surveyed said they had faced abuse or violence.
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Source: guardian.co.uk