Unbelievable: the harrowing real-life story behind Netflix’s new true crime series
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- Christobel Hastings
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Life
Shocking new rape conviction statistics show the system is still failing women
The London Victims’ Commissioner has condemned the “excessive intrusion into personal data” of rape victims.
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- Christobel Hastings
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Life
Sexual assault survivors are sharing their stories in this brilliant new way
A ground-breaking podcast is shaking up the platform.
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- Hollie Richardson
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Lucy Mangan
Lucy Mangan: “We need to stop protecting awful men with flimsy wordplay”
Why are so many of us still reluctant to name the evils men do? Lucy Mangan has had enough with euphemisms
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- Lucy Mangan
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Life
“Why are judges still ruling that the sexual crimes of boys from ‘good families’ don’t count?”
Thankfully, steps are being taken to tackle the toxic rape culture in the legal system.
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- Christobel Hastings
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- Christobel Hastings
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The Exonerated Five will attend the 2019 Emmy Awards with Ava DuVernay
Netflix's hit series When They See Us has stormed the 2019 nominations
Life
Hannah Gadbsy recalling her rape related abortion is terrifying, but it’s essential we listen
“I would be dead. It’s as simple as that.”
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- Hollie Richardson
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Life
Central Park Five lawyer Linda Fairstein just slammed the Ava DuVernay miniseries
30 years on from the crime, the lawyer still maintains the guilt of the wrongfully convicted teenagers. Now, she has hit back at Netflix for their series.
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- Hannah-Rose Yee
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Life
The heartbreaking story of the Nineties true crime that gripped New York
The rape of a jogger and the wrongful conviction of a group of teenage boys was the most talked-about crime of the Nineties. Now it's a Netflix miniseries.
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- Hannah-Rose Yee
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Life
This YA author wrote a letter to her rapist, and it’s powerful and inspiring
"I want only for you to feel how very small you are."
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- Sarah Shaffi
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Visible Women
Why rape comments directed at Jess Phillips need to stop being reported as ‘jokes’
The Labour MP is still being subjected to vile rape comments
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- Hollie Richardson
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- Hollie Richardson
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Game of Thrones: “Rape is not a tool to make a character stronger”
Jessica Chastain shares her strong views on this interaction.
Visible Women
Jess Phillips responds to rape comments targeted at her, again
“What do women have to do to end this?”
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- Hollie Richardson
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Life
Rape victims are now asked to give their mobile phones to police
Here's why this is a bad thing for convictions
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- Hollie Richardson
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Life
Women explain the problem with ‘consent condom’ which needs four hands to open it
"Doubt that many potential rapists are going to be foiled by this…"
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- Megan Murray
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Life
UK judge says men have “fundamental human right” to sex with their wives
His comments are deeply disturbing – not least because of the UK’s troubling history surrounding marital rape laws.
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- Moya Crockett
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Life
Everyone needs to see this rape kit scene, whether they’re a Grey’s Anatomy fan or not
The powerful moment was inspired by Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh
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- Kayleigh Dray
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Life
Louis Theroux to combat sexual assault and consent myths in new documentary
The Night In Question will NOT shy away from the ongoing conversation around consent, sexual misconduct and #MeToo
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- Kayleigh Dray
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- Winnie M Li
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A message to everyone who dares to say women shouldn’t travel alone
Winnie M Li was raped during a solo trip to Belfast. Here, she explains why she refuses to let that incident stop her from travelling independently.
Life
These statistics show the shocking attitudes we still have to assault
The surveys shine a light on some shocking misconceptions
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- Emily Reynolds
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