We pay tribute to Jade Blue for her courageous battle to hold the CPS accountable and her work to change the system so that other victims are less likely to be denied justice in the future. ow.ly/PUpJ50SYy7z

Nine fathers accused of child sexual abuse have been given access to their alleged victims by the family court, according to a new study. It found one father allowed access to his child repeatedly raped her over many years. Via lucy thornton tinyurl.com/t4x9mk54

ICYMI: an article about police perpetrated domestic violence and ⁦⁦Centre for Women's Justice⁩ report (to be published on Wed) on how little is improving. ‘He edited my worst moments into a montage’: how UK police still ignore domestic abusers in their ranks theguardian.com/society/2024/s…

🧵Our new report – published today - reveals shocking levels of domestic abuse by police officers continues and police forces are struggling to tackle the abuse of power or recognise that abuse off duty must be addressed. centreforwomensjustice.org.uk/ppda

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A good overview here. Lawyers warned of these potential problems when budgets were being slashed over the last 10/15 years. And look where we find ourselves - exactly where we said we would: How the English courts reached breaking point ft.com/content/e1118f…

The Worker Protection Act is the first legal change on sexual harassment at work since the #MeToo movement. It came into force this weekend. All employers are now legally required to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment before it happens.

An inordinate amount of my time is spent thinking about why some words are bonus words on Squardle and why some which are counted, aren’t bonus words instead.

15-year-old Holly Newton’s murder should move all of us to speak out and raise awareness of coercive control. What are our govt, police, schools and employers doing to tackle this? Why should Holly’s harms be classed as knife crime?! This is domestic abuse. This is escalation.

I sometimes wonder if Americans understand that most of the world watches their presidential election campaigns, utterly baffled at how Trump is a serious contender.

📣 Calling qualified barristers and solicitors. We're recruiting mentors for our mentoring scheme. Mentors offer informal 1:1 meetings with mentees to discuss applications, interviews, tips on writing CVs and other useful information. More info here: centreforwomensjustice.org.uk/mentoring-sche…

Awful to start the day realising how much America hates women.

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

I’ve just seen another appalling and false comment by the owner of this site which will again stir up hatred. I can’t justify using Twitter to myself anymore. I’m on the other one now. Maybe see you there.

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