Nogah Ofer discusses our super-complaint and police failures on the BBC R4 Today Programme
Read MoreIn the News: Our Super-complaint on the Today Programme
Police accused of ‘systemic failure’ to protect victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence
‘There are a whole range of measures in law to protect women that are not being used. There is a problem around the understanding of domestic abuse and the culture of police,’ solicitor says
Read MoreCWJ Launch Super-complaint: Police failure to use protective measures in cases involving violence against women and girls
This super-complaint addresses four legal powers available to the police in detail and explores the extent to which, and the reasons why, they are not being used adequately.
Read MoreRunning for Centre for Women's Justice - Please Support!
Thalia Maragh has very kindly (and bravely) been training to run the London Marathon to raise money for us. Please support her!
Read MoreComing together to put women’s rights on the agenda
Guest blog, co-written by representatives from charities and NGOs who travelled to Geneva to participate in the United Nations' review of the UK’s record on women rights.
Read MorePetition Launched: It is not in the public interest to make Sally Challen go through another trial for murder
Please sign this petition asking the CPS to accept a plea of guilty to manslaughter and support our continued fight for justice.
Read MoreLawyer Training Day
Experts from the legal profession, women’s sector and elsewhere including psychology trauma specialist on the experiences of survivors of male violence, frontline organisations on working with survivors of domestic abuse and trafficking, and using expert reports on cultural context.
Read MorePetition: UK government to integrate all rights in UN CEDAW Convention into domestic law.
Please sign this important petition to ensure that all of the rights in UN CEDAW are included in domestic law
Read MoreIn the News: Sally Challen appeal: a ‘watershed moment’
Helena Spector from The Justice Gap on our ‘Coercive Control and Criminal Justice’ event last week
Read MoreCentre for Women's Justice support David and James’ Challen’s campaign for justice for their mum Sally
Centre for Women’s Justice sign in support of Sally Challen’s appeal
Read MoreProsecuting Victims of Trafficking in the UK: The Difference between Law and Practice
Does the UK adhere to its international commitment not to penalise victims of trafficking? Blog from the University of Oxford
Read MoreIn the News: Courts 'are silencing women'
Women’s rights campaigners fear a legal backlash against the Me Too movement, in which women have taken to social media to speak out against mistreatment.
Read MoreIn the News: Rape Victims 'At Risk' As Police Don't Put Suspects On Bail, Charity Warns
The release of hundreds of thousands of suspected rapists, domestic abusers and other offenders without safeguards to protect victims is to be challenged.
Read MoreIn the News: Rape and abuse victims at risk as police fail to put suspects on bail
Centre for Women’s Justice is preparing a supercomplaint against the police service, claiming that it is failing to use protective legal measures that keep victims safe.
Read MoreHow Wealthy Men Use The Law to Silence Those That Accuse Them of Abuse
Information from our event on 21st January 2018
Read MoreIn the News: 5 Live Investigates - 6,000 police not properly vetted
The number of police officers investigated for abusing their 'power for sexual gains' has more than doubled over a 4 year period - Harriet Wistrich discusses
Read MoreIn the News: Lawyer for John Worboys victims dismisses parole reforms
Reforms to the parole system won’t fix the problems highlighted by the John Worboys scandal
Read MoreIn the News: Woman found to have defamed ex-husband on Facebook takes fight to Supreme Court
A woman who claimed on Facebook that her ex-husband tried to strangle her is set to fight a judge's ruling that she is guilty of defamation because he wasn't trying to kill her.
Read MoreProtest over libel case that has chilling implications for women who speak out over domestic violence
On 24th January at the Supreme Court, Nicola Stocker will appeal a Court of Appeal judgment upholding the decision of Mr Justice Mitting’s which ruled in favour of her ex-husband, Ronald Stocker’s defamation claim against her.
Read MoreProtest outside Supreme Court - tomorrow 9.30am
Join us as we support Nicola Stocker Thurs 24th Jan from 9.30am
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