The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) launched today (21) the Women’s Ombudsman, a permanent body for receiving complaints of political violence against female candidates. The ombudsman’s mission will be to prevent and combat cases of harassment, discrimination and other forms of abuse committed against women. 
The purpose of the body will be to provide specialized service channels to receive complaints and carry out the forwarding of demands involving harassment in the external and internal environment of the court.
In the assessment of the president of the TSE, Minister Edson Fachin, female participation in spheres of power faces institutional resistance, however, the Judiciary is advancing in relation to gender equality.
“This court has been committed to enabling and expanding the participation and exercise of the city of groups that are still underrepresented in the electoral process,” he said.
In addition to the ombudsman, the TSE also has other measures to ensure human dignity, such as the resolution that guarantees voter identification by social name.
For the TSE Ombudsman, Larissa Nascimento, the Women’s Ombudsman is the result of the improvement of a service that is currently efficiently provided to the general public.
“The idea of segmenting the service channels in order to print a specialized bias, including its own service flows for receiving and forwarding demands that deal with situations of harassment, abuse and gender violence, both within the Court and at the external environment, it seemed to me, in addition to being justified, urgent”, said Larissa.
* With information from the TSE
