This week Harriet Wistrich lodged a complaint of institutionalised discrimination against women under the Optional protocol of CEDAW.
Read moreDeceived women launch sexism complaint to United Nations against UK government undercover policing
Seven women psychologically and sexually abused by undercover policemen infiltrating UK protest groups have lodged a complaint to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
In the news: This inquiry into undercover police abuse is just another cover-up →
Here in the Royal Courts of Justice we are listening for crumbs of information about the officers who used and abused us. But nothing is revealed...
Read moreWe are still here - the continued detention of women seeking asylum in Yarl's Wood
New report on the detention of survivors of sexual and gender-based violence
Read moreViolence against women and girls: Protecting women’s human rights and holding the state to account
his report has been commissioned by the End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW) and Southall Black Sisters (SBS) to highlight the role of human rights in tackling the day to day operational police failures that women and girls continue to experience when reporting gender-based violence.
Read moreIn the news: Ministry of Justice apologises to mother in child murder case →
Liliya Breha’s son was killed after probation services failed to warn her of her partner’s previous violence against women and children – now she may face deportation
Read moreAbused Women Who Kill: Miscarriages of Justice?
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.