Deputies are faced with violence and harassment from colleagues male

Sexism, stalking and violence against women deputies remain a mass phenomenon in the parliaments of the countries of the Asia-Pacific region. This is stated in the report of the Inter -Parliamentary Union.

The authors interviewed 150 women - deputies and employees of parliaments from 33 countries, including Australia, Mongolia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Fiji and Micronesia. They found that 70% of women faced gender violence, and 60% of the respondents were victims of online surveying.

Every fourth woman talked about the experience of Harassment. More than half of the cases of harassment took place right in the buildings of parliaments, most often from male deputies. In addition, the deputies talked about everyday misogynia and sexism at work.

One deputy remembered how her Mozhchina colleague said: "Show me underwear-I will vote for your law." The other said that the boss was trying to drag her into the hotel room, whisper: "I can touch you, right?" The third man said: "Why don't you sit at home, in the kitchen with children?"

Another employee of the parliament said that in her office women are conducting an unofficial list of “strange male deputies” to warn each other about those who systematically harass it.