Hello I'm Luke Jones. Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.

In BBC OS conversations, we bring people together to share their experiences.

This time, conversations on toxic politics.

Key elections are being held in several countries over the coming weeks and while political debates can often become heated,

there are concerns that politicians face an increasing amount of abuse.

Three women in politics will share their experiences and will also hear how political

insults can even affect family life.

I was called Climate Barbie, including, you know,

by colleagues in the house, and people would try

to denigrate me or diminish me.

There was really no getting away from it

for my kids because it became a national story.

You don't have to look far on social media to see elected politicians being attacked for their views.

And to an extent, that's what they can expect.

But while some comments will criticize policy, much of it can be personal

and can often tip over into misogyny, racism, harassment, even threats of violence.

And it's not only words, many politicians have good reason to fear for their personal safety.

More than 20 election candidates have been killed in Mexico and hundreds more have been threatened this year.

In the UK two members of parliament have been murdered in the last eight years and in the run-up to the European Parliament elections in Germany,

several politicians and campaign workers have been assaulted in recent days.

A report by the Joe Cox Foundation, which was named after the murdered British

MP, said that the abuse and intimidation of politicians

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