On 14 May, Bolivia’s Legislative Assembly finally gave the green light to the Law against Harassment and Political Violence against Women, a ground-breaking law to protect women and their political participation. It responds to an urgent need: in the past eight years Bolivian police have received more than 4,000 complaints of harassment from women participating in politics; many more incidents are likely to have gone unreported.

"Women from different organizations have demanded loudly for this law to be approved and implemented," says Caty Cauna, a/the councilor in Coroico city, and president of the Association of Councilors in La Paz (ACOLAPAZ). "The authorities