The Centre for Women’s Justice has embarked on a new research project with Justice for Women looking at the criminal justice system experiences of women who kill violent male partners.
Read moreViolence Against Women and Girls Report - Tenth Edition 2016-2017
CPS report on Violence Against Women and Girls is now available cps-vawg-report-2017.pdf
Read moreIn the news: Greening could face legal action over failure to protect raped pupils →
The education secretary, Justine Greening, could face legal action if she does not take steps to prevent schoolchildren being forced to share classes with pupils who have raped or sexually assaulted them....
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Read moreIn the news: A Group Of Women Who Were Sexually Exploited As Teenagers Want Their Prostitution Convictions Wiped
A group of women who were forced into prostitution as teenagers have launched a landmark legal case to have their criminal convictions struck off.
Read moreLiving in fear - the police and CPS response to harassment and stalking
Inspection report into the police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)’s response to harassment and stalking crimes.
Read moreFirst Legal Challenge of Prostitution Criminal Records
On 27 July the Divisional Court1 will hear an application from the Government to stay a ground-breaking legal challenge of its policy in relation to the retention and disclosure of criminal convictions arising from soliciting offences.
Read moreGender Segregation is Gender Apartheid
School X - a co-educational, Muslim voluntary aided school in the UK - segregates its pupils based on their gender. From the age of 9 to 16, Muslim boys and girls are segregated for everything - during lessons and all breaks, activities and school trips.
Read moreState Accountability for All: Why Should BME Organisations Do Strategic Litigation?
A blog is based on a speech made by Dr Hannana Siddiqui at a seminar organised by the Centre for Women’s Justice in Bristol on 20 April 2017.