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    Canadian Political Science Association
    2020 Annual Conference Programme

    Confronting Political Divides
    Hosted at Western University
    Tuesday, June 2 to Thursday, June 4, 2020
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    Presidential Address:
    Barbara Arneil, CPSA President

    Origins:
    Colonies and Statistics

    Location:
    Tuesday, June 2, 2020 | 05:00pm to 06:00pm
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    KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
    Ayelet Shachar
    The Shifting Border:
    Legal Cartographies of Migration
    and Mobility

    Location:
    June 04, 2020 | 01:30 to 03:00 pm
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    Keynote Speaker: Marc Hetherington
    Why Modern Elections
    Feel Like a Matter of
    Life and Death

    Location:
    Wednesday, June 3, 2020 | 03:45pm to 05:15pm
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    Plenary Panel
    Indigenous Politics and
    the Problem of Canadian
    Political Science

    Location: Arts & Humanities Building - AHB 1R40
    Tuesday, June 2, 2020 | 10:30am to 12:00pm

Women, Gender, and Politics



N11 - Workshop (Gender-Based Violence in the Political Sphere) Keynote: Violence Against Women in Politics

Date: Jun 3 | Time: 12:00pm to 01:00pm | Location:

Women have made significant inroads into politics in recent years, but in many parts of the world, their increased engagement has spurred physical attacks, intimidation, and harassment intended to deter their participation. Exploring how women came to give these experiences a name – violence against women in politics – and lobbied for its increased recognition by citizens, states, and international organizations, this talk draws on research in multiple disciplines to resolve lingering ambiguities regarding the contours of this phenomenon. Krook argues that violence against women in politics is not simply a gendered extension of existing definitions of political violence privileging physical aggressions against political rivals. Rather, it is a distinct phenomenon involving a broad range of harms to attack and undermine women as political actors. Illustrating what this violence looks like in practice using a wide range of country examples, she then considers how to document this phenomenon more effectively, as well as appreciate the political and social implications of allowing violence against women in politics to continue unabated. Arguing that violence against women in politics poses threats to democracy, human rights, and gender equality, she concludes that tackling this problem requires ongoing dialogue and collaboration to ensure women’s equal rights to participate – freely and safely – in political life around the globe.

Participants:
Mona Lena Krook (Rutgers University)



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