Experience during the pandemic confirms that the deployment by political actors of hate speech in the digital space exponentially promotes real-time political violence, particularly in countries with populist or authoritarian leanings. It acts as a powerful gender-based disincentive to political participation, activism, and leadership at precisely the time when more diversity and inclusion is needed. In response, women champions of peace and inclusion within parliaments - and their male allies - are creating their own modalities for online engagement, brokering new partnerships for inclusive public debate to displace hate speech with the discourse of respect.
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