An update on the case against our Executive Director Selma Taha and her friends #TheKingsCross3

Watch this space for further updates 👇

Ten years after ending an abusive relationship my ex-partner is still trying to destroy me financially | Anonymous | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Harriet Wistrich book launch in Durham is on May 21st at the university

Sister in Law review – how Harriet Wistrich fought the law and women won | Society books | The Guardian theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

I’m at North Mid NHS Trust with a neighbour who has not urinated for more than 24 hours, has a high temperature and looks like he has a severe urine infection. He can’t walk and is barely able to speak. Getting anyone to see him has been VERY difficult.

And it begins again. This never-ending loop of ugly legal action, women forced to bring out their trauma AGAIN, the pursuit of justice vs. a predator's desperate attempt to save his reputation. Some men will stop at nothing, as I wrote in #Complicit ✍️

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Sudhir Kakar: A Thinker for all Seasons m.thewire.in/article/health… via The Wire

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Bengaluru: Free beer and taxi rides to woo voters in Indian city - BBC News bbc.com/news/world-asi…

Absolutely shocking news as Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction is overturned.

🚨 NEW: Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary has said he would 'happily' offer Rwanda deportation flights

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Are you a South Asian Muslim woman living in Scotland? Have you ever felt controlled, humiliated, or frightened by your partner/ex-partner, their family, or your own? Have they ever restricted your money or what you do with your time? 👇🏽

This is so powerful. Thank you for sharing Shaista Aziz 💙

UPDATE

Thank you everyone for the support.

TfL have contacted me. My experience is not aligned to their safeguarding policy and an investigation is underway

They'll be back in touch in due course.

I look forward to an explanation and assurance that it won't happen again

'He wanted a girlfriend and he's got no social skills and he was frustrated out of his brain,' he added, when asked about why his son may have targeted women.

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One of my top priorities is to drive much-needed improvements in the police response to domestic abuse.

To help me do this, I'm asking survivors of #DomesticAbuse to share your experiences of contacting the police.

Take the short survey below: homeofficesurveys.homeoffice.gov.uk/s/OOKJJ5/

The over 60% increase in reports of honour-based abuse in two years is concerning.

We know from experience that HBA is routinely missed or dismissed by agencies. There is an urgent need for HBA to be explicitly recognised in the sentencing framework. 1/2

Through our campaign for Banaz’s Law, advocated for with Banaz’s sister Bekhal, we urge the govt to recognise the use of honour as an aggravating factor in sentencing.

Govt must also train the police on identifying and responding to HBA in consultation with specialist orgs. 2/2

“The Asian community up and down the country was under siege. It was about time we did something for ourselves. In the face of racist violence and injustice we fought back.”
This is OUR story. Please watch #Defiance Fighting the Far Right 9pm on Channel 4

A study on what many of us already know: over 75% of internal service work in academia is done by women. “We were surprised by how brazenly the male researchers described their priorities, for example that they actively didn’t respond to emails”

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#swsd2024 in Panama is opening today. The first thing I love about it is that most people speak 2-3 different languages! #社工 #Socialwork is a global profession, and we are stronger connected Durham Uni MSW Durham Sociology Centre for Social Justice and Community Action