1.0Move to End Violencehttps://movetoendviolence.orgMove to End Violencehttps://movetoendviolence.org/blog/author/mev/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://movetoendviolence.org/blog/how-essential-is-increasing-the-number-of-female-elected-officials-to-ending-violence-against-girls-and-women/">How Essential is Increasing the Number of Female Elected Officials to Ending Violence Against Girls and Women?</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://movetoendviolence.org/blog/how-essential-is-increasing-the-number-of-female-elected-officials-to-ending-violence-against-girls-and-women/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“How Essential is Increasing the Number of Female Elected Officials to Ending Violence Against Girls and Women?” — Move to End Violence" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>We asked immigrant rights leader Pramila Jayapal (see full interview): If we want to accelerate our goal of ending violence against women and girls, how essential is it to increase the number of women in federal and state elected office? What are the benefits and pitfalls of getting engaged in political work? Here’s what Pramila […]