‘The former Coronation Street star Denise Welch has forced Woman’s Own to print a front-page correction after the magazine made false claims about her without any evidence, in a move that could have repercussions for other glossy gossip publications.’
The Guardian, 9th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who kills is a murderer, but a woman guilty of violent crime becomes a proxy for all that is evil. Helena Kennedy, who once represented Myra Hindley, asks why.’
The Guardian, 2nd October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Women make up just under 5% of the prison population in England and Wales, yet they are more likely than men to reoffend. Why doesn’t prison work for women and what is being done to improve outcomes for them?’
BBC News, 29 September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK’s highest court is to have a female majority hear a case for the first time in 600 years.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th September 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Morrisons is the latest major supermarket group to be challenged over equal pay for its shop floor workers in a claim which could cost the retailer an estimated £1bn if successful. The law firm Leigh Day said it was seeking compensation for shop workers – predominantly women – who believe they are paid less than the mostly male workers in Morrisons’ warehouses.’
The Guardian, 11th September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘More than 100 pregnant women have been detained in UK removal centres in the past two years, despite a government-commissioned review recommending the Home Office ban the practice in 2016.’
The Independent, 10th September 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Campaigners have welcomed an “amazing” victory in the fight against sexist street harassment after the government announced a comprehensive review of hate crime legislation, which will consider whether to recognise misogyny as a hate crime.’
The Independent, 6th September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘MPs will vote this week on whether to make misogyny a hate crime for the first time, as the campaign to compel police forces across the UK to recognise street harassment of women as a hate crime gathers momentum.’
The Guardian, 2nd September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘New guidelines for how police treat female detainees with their periods have been proposed by the Home Office.’
BBC News, 21st August 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In this post we use the word women to refer to individuals born as women (also known as ‘natal women’). The current government consultation on proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (GRA) has opened up space for discussions about who defines what it means to be a woman and who controls the boundaries to women’s places of association. Central to those debates are the safety, dignity, and privacy of women using sex-segregated spaces. These are significant matters, which raise complex issues for women, which is why so many feminists are adding their voices to the public debate. These are women who support trans-rights but whose genuine concerns, based on expertise and lived experience, are being silenced by accusations of ‘hate speech’ and ‘transphobia’.’
Oxford Human Rights Hub, 17th August 2018
Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
‘Women in the Law UK, the Manchester-based lobbying, networking and support organisation, is gearing up for its launch in London next month.’
Legal Futures, 21st August 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Unconscious bias in the legal profession against women is so deep-rooted that ‘New Law’ businesses trying to reshape legal services are just as affected, it has been claimed.’
Legal Futures, 9th August 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Female offenders should be sent to support centres rather than prison because they are normally far less dangerous than their male counterparts, a report has suggested.’
The Independent, 24th July 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Five daughters of hereditary peers are to challenge a law that stops them from being elected to the House of Lords. They are taking the government to the European Court of Human Rights in a bid to end the system of male primogeniture which has resulted in almost all titles being passed to male heirs.’
BBC News, 16th July 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Misogyny and offences targeting women are still “highly prevalent” two years after a police force started treating them as hate crime, academics say.’
BBC News, 9th July 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Sheffield City Council last week (29 June) conceded in court that it had failed to properly discharge the public sector equality duty, after a campaigner challenged the lawfulness of the authority’s decision to adopt a policy of licensing unlimited strip clubs.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd July 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Ten senior judicial appointments were announced yesterday, with Lady Justice Arden becoming the third woman to sit on the Supreme Court.’
Litigation Futures, 28th June 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
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