Rising levels of hate forcing women out of Swedish public life, says equality agency
Country seen as champion of equal rights faces reckoning after senior politician says she felt compelled to quitIncreasing hate, threats and harassment against female politicians are scaring women away from public life and forcing them to censor themselves, the Swedish government’s equality...
<p>Country seen as champion of equal rights faces reckoning after senior politician says she felt compelled to quit</p><p>Increasing hate, threats and harassment against female politicians are scaring women away from public life and forcing them to censor themselves, the Swedish government’s equality agency has said, warning that this poses a “big threat to democracy.”</p><p>Women’s safety in politics has come under heightened scrutiny in the Scandinavian country since October, when <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/10/sweden-online-hate-anti-immigrant-extremism-women">Anna-Karin Hatt resigned as leader of the Centre party</a> after only five months in office, citing hate and threats.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/01/harassment-and-hate-forcing-women-out-of-swedish-politics">Continue reading...</a>
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