Labour Vows to Make Misogyny a Hate Crime Ahead of Party Conference

Party leaders announced plans to tackle the ‘gender pay gap,’ require diversity data of political candidates, and proactively prevent crimes against women.
Labour Vows to Make Misogyny a Hate Crime Ahead of Party Conference
Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner addresses the Labour Party Women's Conference 2023 in Liverpool, England, on Oct. 7, 2023. Stefan Rousseau/PA
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Labour will make misogyny a hate crime if it wins the next general election, deputy leader Angela Rayner said as she kicked off the party’s annual get-together on Saturday.

The party also promised to adopt a proactive policing approach of predicting and preventing violent crime against women using counter-terror style tactics, require political parties to publish diversity data, and require employers to prevent sexual harassment and support menopausal women.