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040 _aAFVC
100 _aMudgway, Cassandra
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245 _aTolerate abuse or resign :
_bhow the law fails women MPS
_cpresentation by Cassandra Mudgway
260 _bUniversity of Canterbury,
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440 _aOnline video ; 1:05 hr
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500 _aUC Connect | Tauhere presentation, 29 April 2024
520 _aCertain groups of women are more likely to experience intense forms of online violence than others – these include Māori, Pacific, migrant, disabled, and queer women. The 2023 Aotearoa New Zealand election campaign illustrated a disturbing trend of online and offline violence against women politicians. Incidents included physical attacks, home vandalisation, and verbal abuse, echoing the persistent issue of online sexist harassment experienced by women in politics. At the start of 2024, Golriz Ghahraman’s exit from politics showed the toll of online bullying on female MPs. At the time, the Prime Minister Christopher Luxon agreed abuse aimed at women in Parliament was ‘a lot worse’. However he didn’t indicate any new initiatives beyond what had been recommended in the Francis report into the culture of Parliament. Despite commitments to create a safe political environment, political parties remain largely silent on concrete plans to combat online violence. The legal framework, particularly the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015, exhibits weaknesses in addressing online violence against women, discouraging reporting, and allowing perpetrators to act with impunity. Women MPs are faced with two choices: put up with the torrent of online abuse or resign. IIn this Tauhere Connect public lecture, Tolerate Online Abuse or Resign: How the Law Fails Women MPs, UC Senior Lecturer and international human rights law expert Dr Cassandra Mudgway will examine the issue of online violence against women in politics, both here and overseas. The risk of women leaving politics reduces diversity and undermines our democracy, underscoring the need for a comprehensive plan involving public education, law enforcement, and parliamentary measures to combat this growing threat to women's human rights. In the free public event, Dr Mudgway will outline and question the current legal framework intended to address online violence against women. Offering possible solutions, she will set out the ways in which laws and other measures could be re-drafted to better protect women’s human rights online. (From the website). Record #8687
650 _aATTITUDES
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_aHarmful Digital Communications Act 2015
650 0 _aLAW REFORM
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650 _aONLINE HARASSMENT
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650 _aPOLITICIANS
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650 _aPOLITICS
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650 _aSOCIAL MEDIA
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650 _aTECHNOLOGY-FACILITATED ABUSE
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650 0 _aVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
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651 4 _aNEW ZEALAND
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856 _uhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNDrAi3wm78&t=2s
_zWatch recorded lecture online (YouTube
856 _uhttps://theconversation.com/campaign-trail-threats-and-abuse-reinforce-the-need-to-protect-nzs-women-politicians-before-they-quit-for-good-214828
_zRead related article in The Conversation, 8 October 2023
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