Ardent #feminist (non-pseudo) with a penchant for coffee and internal monologues, perpetually sorting the wheat from the chaff. Follow at your peril #FreeLatifa
This is everything: I can’t articulate how profoundly moved I was when I read these 3 extracts from the fierce polemic @DrJessTaylor posts - our rage as women is discredited over and over again, whereas men’s rage is often bizarrely viewed as righteous and justified.
TODAY is Latifa’s 35th birthday.
She is spending today as a prisoner of her tyrannical father who arranged her kidnap on the night of 4 March 2018 after she attempted to escape Dubai.
Please Keep Latifa in Your Thoughts Today.
#HappyBirthdayLatifa | #FreeLatifa | #Godolphin
@Sara_HRathore Issue of concealed pregnancies, often aborted during latter stages overseas, or children given up for adoption and all parental responsibility relinquished.
@Sara_HRathore stats speak for themselves: higher rates of terminations amongst south asian women (16-25) and during latter stages of pregnancy!! Mmmhh...
Victim blaming women means that men never need to take responsibility for their violence, it’s as if we are willing to look the other way if the woman wasn’t a ‘perfect’ victim.
#16Days#EndViolenceAgainstWomen#IDEVAW2020
Today on the International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women #IDEVAW#IDEVAW2020#LoudandUnited#WhyWeRise@FemicideCensus published their groundbreaking 10-year Report: UK Femicides 2009-2018: The police said, “there is no risk to the wider community.”
The Femicide Census 10 year report on men's fatal violence against women in the UK 2009 - 2018, is released today.
You can read it here https://t.co/ulDZk4gzS1
“ However, one common theme was that all of these women and girls were being picked apart in courtrooms. They were discredited, bullied, mocked and blamed. It was soul destroying.”
‘Women fight victim blaming every step of the way’ | The Psychologist https://t.co/DRf2JIVmcP
@Sara_HRathore Based on personal & professional experiences-it’s not a profession I would ever consider now, or even think my children would contemplate, albeit it was my 1st career choice. Hopes dashed based on height, weight & extremely POOR running form. #Dyspraxic
Nowhere to Turn, a new report published by @changinglives__ shows the devastating consequences of #Covid19 for women facing abuse & violence.
https://t.co/IRoBjQevNp
My marriage ended in 2011 when I was kicked out of the house. I’m posting this because I want people to know what #coercivecontrol looks like.This was signed off by a HC judge, our laws are inadequate @David_Challen @Dontlookback198 @JMoncktonSmith @K_IngalaSmith @IsabelHardman
.@MoJGovUK is looking for 3 vol sector experts to join on fully funded secondments, to work on a project focussed on barriers faced by prison leavers.
📆 Deadline for applications is 9th Oct.
For more info, including JDs and EOI forms, email: [email protected]
Great article by @PayzeeMalika ‘Thousands of reports of honour based violence (HBV) are made to the police every year. But police forces still do not have mandatory training on HBV, nor do teachers, social workers or any other frontline worker.’
https://t.co/4tGXWt0WPX
We campaigned for a national day of memory to honour all those lost in the name of honour. Watch this year's virtual Day of Memory conference and listen to @PayzeeMalika and @CarolinejGoode honouring #BanazMahmod#Honour#WeRemember#ShinetheSpotlight
https://t.co/dpgczTqfHn