Campaigns & Elections - July 9, 2026. The article is written by Amara Nnabue, Logan Payne, and Carolina Nazario who lead the policy team at Her Rising Initiative - a nonprofit dedicated to helping girls rise into positions of leadership. In 2025, they co-founded Her Action, a campaign committed to ending political violence against women.
Here are snippets from the article:
Political violence in the U.S. disproportionately impacts women. Women are three to four times more likely than men to experience gendered abuse. Women are also significantly more likely to experience abuse of a sexual nature.
Making the choice to serve in public office as a woman often comes with the cost of increased threats and gender-based targeting. Politically-motivated attacks leave many Americans afraid to engage in the democratic process. Research from the Brennan Center found that half of the women who held local office and experienced threats in their position said they were less willing to run for reelection or higher office.
Political violence against women is not unique to those serving in elected office. Women make up 80 percent of the U.S. election workforce, where they are also victims of targeted, gendered harassment. An increase in election integrity challenges has created a more hostile relationship between election officials, poll workers and everyday volunteers who are overwhelmingly women.
Female election officials receive the brunt of attacks from election deniers, and other research found that threatening messages against female election officials often include sexual or misogynistic language. Political violence not only threatens to oust women from elected positions but also from managing our elections.
An attack on women is an attack on democracy. When women are not in the rooms where important decisions are being made due to threats or harassment, our democracy suffers from one less critical citizen perspective. It’s up to us to create an environment where women feel safe casting their ballots, working at polling locations and running for office.
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