Four women who’ve dedicated their lives to front-line politics reveal the reality of working at the top of public life. Are sexism, misogyny and abuse making it just too hard for women to thrive in politics and public office? And what’s the impact if more women walk away or never seek public office in the first place?
Ruth Davidson is the former leader of the Scottish Conservatives. Julia Gillard is the former Prime Minister of Australia whose ‘misogyny speech’ in Parliament became a global phenomenon. Harriet Harman is a Labour peer and the UK’s Special Envoy for Women and Girls. Beth Rigby is political editor for Sky News. They talk to Katya Adler, the BBC’s Europe editor.
