Dickie James, MBE
@DickiJames
Feminist animal & nature lover, dedicated to combatting VAWG. Board member of @Womensaid. Partial to G & T. All my own views.
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18-11-2011 22:59:15
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The Victims and Prisoners Bill will commence Committee Stage in the House of Lords tomorrow. This is a vital opportunity for Peers to scrutinise the legislation in detail and consider any changes that have been put forward to improve the Bill on behalf of survivors.
Specialist by and for services offer culturally specific services where survivors who may not have otherwise come forward feel listened to, understood and supported.
Investing in them would save lives and could help save up to £3,898,100,000.
takeaction.womensaid.org.uk/sign-your-name… Apna Haq
Desert Breath,1995-97, monumental land art, Eastern Sahara, Egypt by Danae Stratou, Alexandra Stratou, Stella Constantinides #WomensArt
For those questioning on here why women are speaking to #Dispatches and not going to the police, the Rape Crisis England & Wales website will show you exactly why - less than 2% of reported rapes result in a charge.
Here Vera Baird DBE KC explains how awful the system is.
victimscommissioner.org.uk/news/the-distr…
I am extremely concerned by harrowing reports on #FamilyCourt published BBC News (UK) today.
I hear from hundreds of victims & survivors about the devastation wrought by family court proceedings.
We need urgent and wide-reaching reforms to restore public faith in the family court
The Living Hell of a Mixed Sex Psychiatric Unit
'My experience continues to haunt me. I want this madness to stop for women’s safety and future mental health'
womensrights.network/post/the-livin…
#BadMedicine
I was just 18 when I was admitted to a psychiatric unit. As I was 18 it meant
A retraction and apology has been issued by iNews for the baseless accusation made by journalist Patrick Strudwick against Kellie-Jay Keen, aka Kellie-Jay Keen. Mr Strudwick has forgotten to share this on Twitter, so it would be nice if people could help him out.