This is such an important concession from the government after initial resistance - we helped persuade by looking at models in Canada and Australia that mean victims of rape can receive confidential counselling whilst pursuing a prosecution

Thank you BBC Woman's Hour for having me on. And thank you to the formidable Rape Crisis England & Wales Centre for Women's Justice EVAW Coalition Rights of Women for their year long campaign to keep rape counselling notes confidential. We did it 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 Credit also to Ministry of Justice and Alex Chalk KC MP

Great hearing Gabby Bertin on BBC Woman's Hour talking about our #KeepCounsellingConfidential campaign win!
We hope this much-needed change in law will better protect survivors' counselling notes, raising the legal threshold for when survivors’ notes can be requested by the police.

After years of campaigning with our sisters EVAW Coalition, Rape Crisis England & Wales and Rights of Women, we are thrilled that the Government is changing the law to help #KeepCounsellingConfidential and better protect survivors' right to privacy.

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'Under the current system, those affected by crime – including the most serious sexual and violent offences – can face steep fees if they want to obtain written records from cases they were involved in.'

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The new statutory guidance on Stalking Protection Orders is welcome, but it may have no effect unless officers are trained – and properly resourced – to make use of these protections.

We highlighted this issue in our super-complaint:
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ICYMI: Great piece in The Telegraph featuring our Director, Harriet Wistrich.

Harriet's book 'Sister in Law: Fighting for Justice in a System Designed by Men’ will be published on 2 May & can be pre-ordered here: linktr.ee/sisterinlawbook

Collaboration for Change: Challenging Poor Prison Conditions
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⏰Last few days to apply to join our team!

🟣PA & Office Administrator - closing date: 21 April
🟣Feminist Lawyer (expressions of interest) - closing date: 22 April

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Creating deepfake porn to be made a criminal offence after C4 investigation
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On Wednesday 15th May from 5:30-7pm, the APPG is hosting an in-person event in Westminster with the Centre for Women's Justice & Women in Prison

The event will feature a film screening of 'Stop Criminalising Survivors' followed by an expert panel discussion.

Please email [email protected] to RSVP

'Nearly 18,000 police officers hired without face-to-face interviews by forces prompting fears of new Wayne Couzens.'

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After pausing our mentoring scheme, we are currently recruiting new mentors.

If are a qualified solicitor or barrister and would like to be a mentor, please click here for more info: ow.ly/tWKX50RgbNH

Here we are .The link was not working but it is now so please RT. It was a honour to interview Harriet .

Harriet Wistrich: 'The criminal justice system has almost completely collapsed' telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/1…

'These are shocking figures over a 2 year period, and reveal a failure by authorities to adequately assess risk, and a failure by police/probation to enforce or properly supervise offenders on bail or on licence, and to enforce non-molestation orders.'

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If you missed out on tickets for our event on 1 May, Harriet will be talking about her new book at these events too:

16 May – Online via Zoom
19 May – The Bath Festival
21 May – Durham University Business School
19 June – Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham

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Bernie Ryan speaks with Nogah Ofer from Centre for Women's Justice, who shares the emotional challenges of advocating for women's rights & stresses the severity of strangulation. Register now for #DataToAction2024 : bit.ly/3SVNwtX

#StrangulationAwareness #EndDomesticAbuse