What can we expect from the new Labour government for preventing sexual abuse and violence?
The current landscape As Parliament returns after the summer recess and party conference season, we now await bills and laws to be...
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Oct 94 min read
“Shaping our future”: What does the UN’s Pact for the Future mean for women and girls?
Every year from September to December, the United Nations General Assembly meets at the UN headquarters in New York to discuss and decide...
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Oct 93 min read
Rape Rhetoric and its Impact on Weaponised Sexual Violence in Ukraine
CW: sexual violence Just two weeks preceding Russia’s 2022 invasion, Vladimir Putin branded Ukraine ‘mine’. (1) He then suggested that...
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Sep 234 min read
Gisèle Pelicot: A symbol of solidarity and strength in the face of sexual violence
CW: sexual violence The horrific case of Dominique Pelicot sent shockwaves across France and the rest of the globe at the beginning of...
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Sep 183 min read
Gisèle Pelicot: On la disait brisee, c’est une combattante
CW: sexual violence Gisèle Pelicot, a 71-year-old French woman living in the small town of Mazan in the South of France, discovered in...
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Sep 103 min read
The rise of misogyny, the extreme right & the UK riots
On the 29th of July, Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, were murdered by 17-year-old Axel...
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Jul 164 min read
Behind the Music: Confronting Sexual Harassment in Festival Culture
Music festivals are a key piece of British summer events, but their unique characteristics, such as crowded stage areas, have made them...
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Jul 122 min read
‘When we lose, she loses more’: the EUROs vs. Domestic violence victims
Amidst the excitement of supporting England in the football European Championship, there is an underlying problem which is exacerbated...
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Jul 104 min read
Breaking the Silence: How 'Baby Reindeer' Helps Dismantle the Stigma of Male Sexual Abuse
"Baby Reindeer," a powerful autobiographical Netflix show by Richard Gadd, offers a raw and unflinching look into the complexities of...
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Feb 282 min read
Online Safety Act
Miraculously, when the Online Safety Act was first produced as a Bill, it had not a single mention of women and girls. The reaction led...
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Jan 113 min read
Institutional Failure: The ICGS and the Mishandling of Sexual Offences
In November it was revealed, through the publication of former cabinet minister Nadine Dorries’ book, that an MP had committed sexual...
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Jan 83 min read
The Legal Void of Virtual Assaults
In the last few years, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing aspects of everyday life have moved online, whether grocery...
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Jan 43 min read
The Victims and Prisoners Bill
We've read it so you don't have to. The Victims and Prisoners Bill was originally sponsored by Dominic Raab 29 March 2023. It came in...
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Nov 17, 20233 min read
Stalled justice for rape - the failure of the criminal justice system
Kirsty Brimelow KC, the chair of the Criminal Bar Association, highlights there is a “crisis in the criminal justice system”, further...
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Oct 30, 20232 min read
The Endemic of Sexual Violence in UK Universities
The number of students subjected to sexual violence at UK universities has remained at significant levels in recent years. In 2021,...
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Oct 25, 20233 min read
Sexual harassment in the military: institutional failures
Women make up about 11% of the UK military (1), however, there is limited investigation on the impact of adversity women experience...
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Oct 13, 20233 min read
The Quiet Brilliance Behind Aimee's 'Sex Education' Assault Storyline
The hotly anticipated fourth and final season of Sex Education was released on Netflix last week. Fans have been patiently awaiting...
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Sep 26, 20233 min read
Reports of Russell Brand’s Sexual Violence and Emotional Abuse:
Note in support of the women subjected to sexual harassment, violence & abuse by Russell Brand: Brand wasn’t the first and won’t be the...
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Sep 25, 20233 min read
Sexual abuse perpetrated by NHS colleagues & the phenomenon of under reporting
Between 2017 and 2022, 35 000 cases of sexual misconduct were reported in the NHS, and recent research conducted by the Working Party on...
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Jul 28, 20232 min read
Recent Changes to the Law Make it Easier to Persecute Perpetrators of Revenge Porn
Amendments have recently been made to the Online Safety Bill which made persecuting perpetrators of revenge porn easier. This amendment...
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