Criminal Justice
Black women at increased risk of femicide
Black and minoritised women face additional barriers in seeking protection from domestic abuse.
17th November 2023
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Black and minoritised women face additional barriers in seeking protection from domestic abuse.
The Centre for Women’s Justice argues for a comprehensive legal, policy and practice framework to protect victims of domestic abuse from unjust criminalisation.
Centre for Women’s Justice calls for reforms to end unjust criminalization of victims of violence against women and girls .
Katy Swaine Williams of the Centre for Women’s Justice proposes a new statutory defence for survivors whose offending is driven by their experience of domestic abuse.
How the state criminalises women who we might otherwise be burying
