East said online abuse and threats dissuaded women from standing. “We have to change the way that we do politics and democracy and make sure that platforms take women’s safety more seriously,” she said.
Tiffany Barnes
Voters are ~4X as likely to be able to vote for a David as for a Sarah… there are 516 Davids, 453 Johns, 385 Pauls & 137 Sarahs among the candidates.
“…our needs & experiences are not going to be represented by an endless supply of Davids and Johns” -Penny East
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Exclusive: women ‘massively underrepresented’ in next week’s local and devolved elections, campaigners say
