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'Far too little attention has been paid to either the obstacles women face once they achieve positions of political leadership or the reasons why they leave politics.' ThoughtLeaders
of an environmental activist leader, Gloria Capitan, in the Philippines, for her vocal opposition to a coal mine., from the Westminster Foundation for Democracy , is one of the first to investigate the phenomenon of violence against women political leaders in Southeast Asia.
Based on in-depth interviews with 45 female political leaders from across the region, the WFD report finds that young, activist, social media–active, and Muslim female leaders are the most vulnerable. These are leaders who rely on platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter to advocate for change.
The most prevalent form of online harassment is misogynistic, sexist, and gender-based hate speech that targets women largely on the basis of their appearance. Interestingly, Muslim women political leaders in majority Muslim states such as Indonesia and Malaysia are regularly targeted for how “unpious” they appear, with comments about their not wearing their hijab properly or not being married being the most common.
Female leaders living in fragile democracies also suffer from state violence. As we learned in our research, Malaysian and Thai women leaders experience regular surveillance, intimidation, and repression from agents of the state, such as the police and military.
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