Policy Voices | Lina Gálvez , Chair of FEMM Committee, on feminism, gender backlash, Pelicot and Hermoso

The rise of far-right politicians to power across the Western world has led to the normalisation of a discourse that many would be ashamed to speak just a few years ago. The normalisation of misogyny in the public sphere is just the first step that leads men to think it’s ok to rape a woman because her husband consented for her. Just like what happened to Gisèle Pelicot. Ahead of International Women’s Day, host Catarina Vila Nova sits down with Lina Gálvez, Member of the European Parliament and Chair of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality. They spoke just a few hours after Luis Rubiales, the former head of the Spanish Football Federation, was convicted of sexual assault for kissing Jenny Hermoso without her consent during the World Cup final. In this conversation, they talk about the consequences of this case and also that of Gisele Pelicot. Two cases that alert us for all that’s left to do in the feminist fight.

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