In the media: ‘Kicked while I’m already down’, the child sexual assault victim denied compensation over a petty crime
Kim Mitchell went to police threee times before they believed her Ms K was raped repeatedly by two adult men when she was 13. As an adult she finally found the courage to report it, identifying the men. The investigation is ongoing. One of the men is in prison for sexual offences against other children. …
The Law & Politics of Marital Rape in England 1945-1994, Adrian Williamson (2016) Women’s History Review
This article was written by Adrian Williamson, a law professor at Cambridge University. Following his research he painstakingly documents the history of the rape , and in particular how the law was changed to recognise rape in marriage as a crime following Women Against Rape’s 15-year campaign. It is a clear history of how grassroots …
Evidence to Home Affairs Committee on Domestic Violence, 5 July 2018
Evidence to Home Affairs Committee on Domestic Violence, 5 July 2018 Summary: This evidence covers five key policy areas that result in increased vulnerability to domestic violence and lack of resources to escape violent men: Family courts and domestic violence Austerity cuts and domestic violence Destitution – a recipe for domestic violence The hostile environment …
Press release: Same Roof Rule is finally defeated, overturning decades of injustice
Same Roof Rule is finally defeated, overturning decades of injustice A landmark Appeal Court ruling on 24 July 2018 has reversed decades of injustice, upholding for the first time a claimant’s right to compensation even though she lived under the same roof as her attacker at the time. The Appeal Court decided that the woman, …
Useful statistics from ONS on the characteristics of victims of domestic violence
Published ONS report 31 May 2018
Press Release: Criminal injuries compensation awards – rules designed to exclude rape victims
Press Release: Criminal injuries compensation awards – rules designed to exclude rape victims PRESS RELEASE . . . PRESS RELEASE . . . PRESS RELEASE . . . PRESS Women Against Rape says hundreds of vulnerable victims of rape and other sexual offences are denied statutory help as a result of rules designed to exclude …
Report: Family courts failing on human rights for victims of domestic abuse, says Queen Mary report
Family Courts are failing to recognise and protect survivors’ human rights by not giving victims of domestic abuse a safe and fair hearing which is putting their children’s safety at risk, according to a joint report by Women’s Aid and Queen Mary University of London. 30 May 2018 Survivors of domestic abuse face a lack …
SOSA demand proportionate payment for those abused at Shirley Oaks home BY TOBY PORTER, toby@slpmedia.co.uk 25th May 2018 South London Press and Mercury Historic child abuse victims are contemplating employing a top human rights lawyer after it emerged some of them will get the same compensation as people who were in care homes the same …
Film screening: The Rape of Recy Taylor
The Rape of Recy Taylor review – vital story of a woman who fought back ❝This harrowing and very instructive documentary from Nancy Buirski is about the remarkable courage of Recy Taylor, a young black woman in Abbeville, Alabama, in the United States. After she was raped on her way home from church by six white teenage …
Brigitte’s daughters arrived safely
Terrific news – Brigitte Nongo-Wa-Kitwa’s daughters landed last Friday (11 May) at Heathrow after an exhausting 10 hour journey from Kinshasa. Brigitte and Cristel from Black Women’s Rape Action Project, who has worked with Brigitte at every stage of her case, waited anxiously as the daughters were held for an extra hour after other passengers …
Submission to Home Affairs Committee Immigration Detention Inquiry
Submission to Home Affairs Committee Immigration Detention Inquiry Black Women’s Rape Action Project (BWRAP) was founded in 1991. Women Against Rape (WAR) was founded in 1976. Together the two organisations have worked closely with women in detention, particularly in Yarl’s Wood IRC, over many years documenting the traumatic impact of rape and other violence on …
Fantastic news: single donation of £1000 received for Brigitte & her daughters!!!
Brigitte’s pro-bono legal team at Kingsley Napley have just announced that they will cover the full cost of her daughters air fares! Brigitte is overwhelmed by the kindness and the generosity, not only of her solicitors, but of everyone who has been moved to make immediate donations. A further £172 has been received so far. …
In the media: The Rohingya women traumatised by mass rape
by Cristel Amiss of Black Women’s Rape Action Project & Lisa Longstaff of Women Against Rape. Published 17 March 2018 in Morning Star (see morningstar.online.co.uk) A new report, Rape by Command published by Kaladan Press Network, documents mass violence against women and girls by the Myanmar military, in its 2017 purge of Rohingya people across …
Open Letter for compensation to Secretary of Justice
Open Letter for compensation to Secretary of Justice Rt Hon. David Gauke Secretary of State for Justice 6 June 2018 Dear David Gauke We collectively represent the experience and demands of thousands of survivors of rape, domestic violence and sex crimes suffered as children or adults. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme is discriminating against victims …
Statement: Justice and protection for Rohingya women and girls – in support of call for Unilever to disinvest from Myanmar
International Women’s Day, 8 March 2017, London Statement by Black Women’s Rape Action Project & Women Against Rape We strongly condemn the ethnic cleansing, widespread torture, killings and systematic rape and sexual torture of women and girls by the Myanmar Army, as part of its genocide against the Rohingya people. A report, Rape by Command, …
