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Rape is not prohibited by the law, it is regulated
Earlier this week, the Victims' Commissioner Dame Vera Baird QC decried the “catastrophic” decline in prosecutions for rape.
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'I wish that I could be like normal people'
Through the publication of short articles, we are providing a space for women's voices to be heard. Madeline Petrillo,...
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'You get plenty of punishment'
The traumatic personal experiences of women in the criminal justice system often go unnoticed. Their experiences are ignored; their needs minimised; their support and treatment an afterthought....
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I would build… a society where all women are safe from male violence
Two women a week in the UK are murdered at the hands of a partner or ex-partner – a statistic that hasn’t changed for over a decade. Two women a week.
Include other male family...
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'I've the body of a woman but inside I feel like a child'
The traumatic personal experiences of women in the criminal justice system often go unnoticed. Their experiences are ignored; their needs minimised; their support and treatment an afterthought....
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Organising for change - short film
Dr Sarah Lamble of Birkbeck University recently gave a presentation to the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies on balancing short term reform goals with long term change. Based on her research and experiences of working in the anti-violence movement, Sarah identifies a number of key challenges...
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'Together we can bring the walls down!'
On a sunny Saturday earlier this month hundreds travelled to a remote wheat field in Bedfordshire to gather outside Yarl's Wood Immigration Detention Centre and demand its closure.
As with...
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Justice Matters for Women: Watch the footage
On 20th May 2015, the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies and Women in Prison, held the Justice Matters for Women: Time for Action! conference.
The event was attended by over 100 people including activists, researchers, practitioners and women affected by criminal justice. The...
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'People who are serious, insist on something'
Betty Makoni, Chief Executive Officer of the Girl Child Network World Wide shared her inspirational story at the recent Justice Matters for Women conference in London on 20 May 2015.
You can see her powerful speech on her work as a human rights activist against gender based violence...
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Justice Matters for Women conference - covered in The Independent
The failures of criminal justice and the impact of imprisonment on women is highlighted in The Independent on Sunday today. The article is...
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Justice Matters: April update
This is the latest update on Justice Matters, the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies' three year initiative promoting radical alternatives to criminal...
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Conference agenda released
Women in Prison and the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies have released the provisional agenda for the 'Justice Matters for women: Time for action!' conference taking place in London on Wednesday 20 May 2015...