Speaker requested to amend standing orders to prevent verbal harassment of women MPs

Speaker requested to amend standing orders to prevent verbal harassment of women MPs
Speaker requested to amend standing orders to prevent verbal harassment of women MPs

The Women Parliamentarians Caucus has asked the Speaker to amend Parliament’s Standing Orders to prevent conduct or statements by MPs that harass women MPs. The submission, made yesterday, seeks explicit rules and safeguards to protect women legislators from verbal harassment.

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