To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women ♀️, here is a short excerpt of my 2020 book, Violence against Women in Politics 📚, exploring how violence creates barriers to women's political participation & undermines democracy globally https://books.google.co.za/books?id=vvPuDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb#v=onepage&q&f=false