Solicitor & Centre for Women's Justice⁩ founder Harriet Wistrich⁩, reads from her book Sister in Law: Fighting for Justice in a System Designed by Men & talks to ⁦Samira Ahmed⁩ about whether there’s a feminist approach to getting justice - ⁦Matrix⁩ with ⁦Karon Monaghan⁩.

This is such an appalling case of state failures if not for the persistence of Amanda and ⁦Centre for Women's Justice⁩ a dangerous perp would be free to attack again Violent rapist who relied on ‘rough sex defence’ is jailed for 16 years — Centre for Women's Justice centreforwomensjustice.org.uk/news/2024/5/15…

The Met's 'rats nest of misogyny' that failed to stop John Worboys mol.im/a/13387625 via Daily Mail Online

🧵Violent rapist who relied on ‘rough sex defence’ is jailed for 16 years.

A woman supported by CWJ finally has justice after years of police failings and delays.

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Content warning: sexual violence.

'The main thing for Nikki is that we find the things that went wrong so that others do not go through what we have been through...I am truly grieving after all this time.'

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Review of 'Sister in Law' in Law Society Gazette
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Soraya’s parents want to know why their daughter died, why she wasn’t better protected from her partner and for the full circumstances around the police decisions to be investigated.

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Huge thanks to all the brave mums (and dads), our experts and the very wonderful BirthTrauma for helping us compile the first ever Parliamentary report on #BirthTrauma which we launch tomorrow. Harrowing reading in places but so important that we work towards meaningful change.

Thank you #LALY24 judging panel Marcia WillisStewart (chair) Siobhan Taylor-Ward Fiona Bawdon Kaweh Beheshtizadeh James Stark Anthony Graham Jenny Beck Aika Stephenson for your hard work & thoughtful deliberations earlier. Team LALY will be contacting those shortlisted asap...

Important report out today from the parliamentary Birth Trauma Inquiry, led by Rosie Duffield MP & Theo Clarke MP. I wrote this last year on the terrible fact that maternity services are the most unsafe part of the NHS.

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.And if Cheltenham is closer to you, Harriet will be appearing at the Parabola Arts Centre for Rossiter Books on June 19th
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Sharon Henderson’s story - so pleased to have written about her case in my book, ‘Sister in Law’ and for her joining me at the launch event mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/m…

Start of big media round for me and Theo Clarke MP this morning. Thank you to BBC Radio 4 Today Good Morning Britain BBC Breakfast Sky News and others for covering our cross-party work on the first ever #birthtrauma inquiry with BirthTrauma. Thanks to The MASIC Foundation Donna Ockenden FRSA, Hon DLitt and many for your help.

Shocking prison indifference and neglect. A woman who should never have been imprisoned in the first place. Styal has a shameful history of deaths and fails to enact change. We need to close down women’s prisons and redirect funds to communities. itv.com/news/granada/2…

5pm Shazarika! Business chats with Oliver Shah
Eurovision latest
Harriet Wistrich on her brilliant new book Sister in Law about the fight for women in the criminal justice system
5:35pm Comedy Panel w brilliant guests Gráinne Maguire & Harriet Kemsley

'How is it that a known perpetrator could be grooming & abusing teenage girls right under the nose of investigators - & that his victims can still be denied their day in court when they come forward? ' Marienna Pope-Weidemann The Gemini Project

#GaiaPrinciple

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Anyone in the West country fancy attending a talk about my book, Sister in Law, I will be at the Bath Festival on 19th May