Press: Duncan Lewis Takes Government to Court over Legal Aid Fees (13 June 2024)
VICTORY: Together with women from All African Women’s Group, we provided evidence for Duncan Lewis’ successful Judicial Review.
METRO: Tesco and Ocado remove ConorMcGregor’s whiskey from the shelves
METRO quotes WAR: Tesco and Ocado remove Conor McGregor’s whiskey from the shelves Tesco has said it will no longer sell Conor McGregor’s whiskey after the UFC star was found to have assaulted a woman who accused him of raping her. The Proper No Twelve 70cl bottle was still available up to today via Britain’s biggest retailer, …
Press: BIG ISSUE “I ended up in hospital due to lack of legal aid for my asylum claim – I got physically sick”
The letter came through with her travel vouchers and Amy began to panic. The Home Office was asking her to come in for an interview to speak about her asylum case. It was one of four requests from the Home Office, made in the space of four and a half months between December and April …
Message of support to Zayna Iman, for the protest of Manchester’s Pendleton Police custody suite
This speech was delivered 19 October 2024 by a local woman of colour at a protest outside a Greater Manchester Police station in Pendlebury Salford. It was organised by Zayna Iman who has waived her anonymity and is campaigning for justice for her own rape by GMP police. Zayna Iman is in touch with and …
In the media: A woman who accused a therapist of raping her during a therapy session has been awarded more than £200,000 in damages after winning a civil case against him.
A woman who accused a therapist of raping her during a therapy session has been awarded more than £200,000 in damages after winning a civil case against him. Jess Warren, BBC News, PA Media News agency, 19 June 2024 Ella Janneh sued Michael Lousada, 57, over claims he raped and sexually assaulted her at his clinic in Belsize Park, …
Press: WAR quoted in Express report – Police unable to keep tabs on all ‘monitored’ sex offenders due to officer shortages
Police unable to keep tabs on all ‘monitored’ sex offenders due to officer shortages Express, 15 June 2024, Jon Austen A senior coroner said there is now a “postcode lottery” of risk from more than 91,000 criminals who require regular checks. CONVICTED sex offenders released from jail are not being properly monitored because of police …
In the media: Police officers keep jobs over David Carrick investigation failure
Two Wiltshire Police officers faced a disciplinary hearing following an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). Rod Minchin, The Independent, June 2024 Two police officers who failed to adequately investigate an allegation of abuse by serial rapist David Carrick five years before the former constable was first arrested have been given final …
In the media: WAR quoted in Sunday Express on police officers keeping jobs after female officers accused them of sexual touching & explicit comments
Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has pledged to end misogyny in the Met Police in the wake of a series of damning reports following the Wayne Couzens scandal. By JON AUSTIN Sat, Jun 8, 2024 WOMEN’S campaigners have hit out after two police officers who touched younger female colleagues during drinking sessions kept their jobs. Commissioner …
Evidence to the Home Office Consultation on Police strip search ofchildren from Women Against Rape and Women of Colour GWS
Evidence to the Home Office Consultation on Police strip search of children from Women Against Rape and Women of Colour GWS We call for an end to police strip searching of all children under the age of 18, in police custody or schools or anywhere else – it’s state child abuse. 1. Police should not …
PRESS: “They’re taunting me”: Home Office asylum interviews are retraumatising rape survivors
Campaigners worry women seeking asylum are being harmed and wrongly refused claims for protection. Women seeking asylum after experiencing rape are reporting further traumatisation by the Home Office’s interviewing process. At these meetings, women recall being forced to rehash the sexual violence they have experienced to interviewers they believe to be insensitive to their trauma. …
Tell the Home Office the police must stop strip searching our children
Tell the Home Office to stop police strip searching children Stop police strip searching our children! This is State sexual abuse. 650 children strip searched by Met Police in 2 years. If this happened to you, a friend or a family member we want to hear from you. Watch our video of shocking stats from the …
UN Rapporteur submission: Evidence to Reem Alsalem on Violence Against Women
Evidence to Reem Alsalem UN Rapporteur on Violence Against Women & Girls In this paper we draw from our experiences as a grassroots organisation and from published facts and research. We focus on the following areas of interest outlined in the Rapporteur’s Call for Evidence: access to the law, and redress, legal protection that prevents perpetrators repeating …
What OFSTED needs to know about CAFCASS
Submission from Support Not Separation, Disabled Mothers’ Rights Campaign & Women Against Rape to OFSTED re its inspection of CAFCASS. Together we have worked for decades with mothers fighting to keep their children (Legal Action for Women was founded in 1982). In the last 10 years a growing movement of mothers, especially single mothers, struggling …
Submission to the Special Rapporteur – Custody cases, violence against women and violence against children
Issued jointly by Disabled Mothers’ Rights Campaign, Support Not Separation and Women Against Rape, March 2024. We are very glad that the Special Rapporteur is carrying out this consultation. We have worked for many decades with mothers fighting to keep their children (Legal Action for Women was founded in 1982). In the last 10 years a growing …
Response to Ministry of Justice Review of Civil Legal Aid
Response to Ministry of Justice Review of Civil Legal Aid Summary: The crisis in legal aid and its impact on some of the most vulnerable members of our society is not being monitored by government agencies responsible for providing effective access to justice. The results of the crisis, some of which we have described above, …
