1.0South Africa Tribunehttps://southafricatribune.comweb deskhttps://southafricatribune.com/author/webdesk/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="iqvM4FZbPU"><a href="https://southafricatribune.com/sa-calls-for-stronger-measures-to-curb-abuse-of-women-mps/">SA calls for stronger measures to curb abuse of women MPs</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://southafricatribune.com/sa-calls-for-stronger-measures-to-curb-abuse-of-women-mps/embed/#?secret=iqvM4FZbPU" width="600" height="338" title="“SA calls for stronger measures to curb abuse of women MPs” — South Africa Tribune" data-secret="iqvM4FZbPU" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> Parliaments of the world need to establish strong, effective, responsive policies, structures and mechanisms in parliaments, including within political parties, to avert and protect women Members of Parliament from physical and psychological attacks. The call was made by National Council of Provinces (NCOP) Deputy Chairperson, Sylvia Lucas, during a panel debate on ‘Gender Sensitive Parliaments: ... Read more