The female-led Left Bloc party is approximately to form a government,but now faces shockingly sexist attacksA few days after Bloco de Esquerda (Left Bloc) won 10% of the vote in the Portuguese general elections last month, Joana Mortágua strode through the marble halls of the Portuguese parliament.
Mortágua doesn’t resemble most deputies: she doesn’t wears suits, or preferring a T-shirt and sneakers. She’s athletic and gathers her hair into a ponytail. Even after a historic result,she looked relaxed and amused, joking with colleagues that she had too many meetings to go to. rapidly-forward a few weeks and her diary is fuller; Mortágua has become one of the most powerful politicians in the country.
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Source: theguardian.com