Taiwan’s political parties beset by sexual harassment allegations

Taiwan is having a #MeToo reckoning about sexual harassment in politics, several years after other parts of the world. Despite the relatively high number of women in public office, many instances of sexual harassment on the political scene have been ignored or covered up. Ashish Valentine reports from Taipei that a new political drama on Netflix has prompted many women to start opening up about their experiences.

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