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Commemorating #WorldParliamentDay presents an opportunity to consider how to transform parliaments into gender-sensitive environments free from sexism and abuse #VAWIP #VAWP. In 2019, @IPUparliament published these guidelines [1/5]: https://www.ipu.org/resources/publications/reference/2019-11/guidelines-elimination-sexism-harassment-and-violence-against-women-in-parliament">https://www.ipu.org/resources...
![Commemorating #WorldParliamentDay presents an opportunity to consider how to transform parliaments into gender-sensitive environments free from sexism and abuse #VAWIP #VAWP. In 2019, @IPUparliament published these guidelines [1/5]: https://www.ipu.org/resources...](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EbxBEoUU4AMEHZq.png "Commemorating #WorldParliamentDay presents an opportunity to consider how to transform parliaments into gender-sensitive environments free from sexism and abuse #VAWIP #VAWP. In 2019, @IPUparliament published these guidelines [1/5]: https://www.ipu.org/resources...")
The first step is to mobilize for action, including collecting data, assessing legal frameworks, and fostering the political will to combat sexism, harassment, and violence against women in parliament #VAWIP #VAWP #NotInMyParliament [2/5]
![The first step is to mobilize for action, including collecting data, assessing legal frameworks, and fostering the political will to combat sexism, harassment, and violence against women in parliament #VAWIP #VAWP #NotInMyParliament [2/5]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EbxCXSGUwAAHdo2.png "The first step is to mobilize for action, including collecting data, assessing legal frameworks, and fostering the political will to combat sexism, harassment, and violence against women in parliament #VAWIP #VAWP #NotInMyParliament [2/5]")
The second step is to enshrine standards in policy, including defining #VAWIP #VAWP, developing complaint mechanisms, establishing remedies and disciplinary actions, and instituting preventive measures and support services #NotInMyParliament [3/5]
![The second step is to enshrine standards in policy, including defining #VAWIP #VAWP, developing complaint mechanisms, establishing remedies and disciplinary actions, and instituting preventive measures and support services #NotInMyParliament [3/5]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EbxCz3tU8AMNkP1.png "The second step is to enshrine standards in policy, including defining #VAWIP #VAWP, developing complaint mechanisms, establishing remedies and disciplinary actions, and instituting preventive measures and support services #NotInMyParliament [3/5]")
The third step is to implement new policies, including communicating regularly about these measures, raising awareness of #VAWIP #VAWP, improving workplace culture, providing security advice, & monitoring & evaluating the effectiveness of these practices #NotInMyParliament [4/5]
![The third step is to implement new policies, including communicating regularly about these measures, raising awareness of #VAWIP #VAWP, improving workplace culture, providing security advice, & monitoring & evaluating the effectiveness of these practices #NotInMyParliament [4/5]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EbxDzRyVAAQH1S0.png "The third step is to implement new policies, including communicating regularly about these measures, raising awareness of #VAWIP #VAWP, improving workplace culture, providing security advice, & monitoring & evaluating the effectiveness of these practices #NotInMyParliament [4/5]")
For further examples of solutions globally to combat violence against women in politics #VAWIP #VAWP, see https://www.vawpolitics.org/solutions ">https://www.vawpolitics.org/solutions... -- as well as more detailed discussions in this forthcoming volume by @mlkrook (available in July 2020) https://global.oup.com/academic/product/violence-against-women-in-politics-9780190088477?lang=en&cc=us#">https://global.oup.com/academic/...
