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Why Children Are Removed After Abuse Disclosures (And What Needs to Change): Reshare from The Heartbreak to Happiness Podcast
Why Children Are Removed After Abuse Disclosures (And What Needs to Change): Reshare from The Heartbreak to Happiness PodcastThis is the second in a two-part series, produced in partnership with Sara Davison, The Divorce Coach, where we look into the shocking subject of child removal in private family proceedings in England and Wales.
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Statement on court of appeal teenage rape case ruling
Statement on court of appeal teenage rape case rulingRight to Equality call for reform after the Court of Appeal rule that a non-custodial sentence for two teenage boys found guilty of multiple counts of rape against two girls was unduly lenient.
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Family of teenage rape survivor join our Breaking Bias, Building Justice campaign as ambassadors
Family of teenage rape survivor join our Breaking Bias, Building Justice campaign as ambassadorsWe are pleased to announce that the mother and step-father of Jazmine, a teenage rape survivor whose three rapists were spared custodial sentences by Judge Nicholas Rowland, have joined our Breaking Bias, Building Justice campaign as ambassadors.
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Right to Equality launches new report “scratching the surface” of victim-blaming in family court
Right to Equality launches new report “scratching the surface” of victim-blaming in family courtRight to Equality’s report on victim-blaming and bias in family court. The report makes 10 recommendations to improve transparency, accountability and more research.
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‘We’re at high risk from these people’
‘We’re at high risk from these people’Jessica Bradley reports on the case of “Henry,” a young boy at the centre of prolonged family court proceedings following domestic abuse allegations against his father. His mother, Liz, says she has acted to protect her son, but has instead been accused of parental alienation…
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Cocaine en route to court: a five year old ordered to live with his drug taking father
Cocaine en route to court: a five year old ordered to live with his drug taking fatherTess Reidy reports on a complex family court case involving five-year-old “Barney,” who was removed from his mother’s care earlier this year amid concerns about her mental health and possible abduction risks. He now lives with his father and…
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Right to Equality awarded Non-For-Profit of the Year 2026
Right to Equality awarded Non-For-Profit of the Year 2026We are thrilled to have won Non-for-Profit Organisation of the Year at the Women and Diversity in Law awards.
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![Today, the Court of Appeal heard arguments on whether the non-custodial sentences given to two teenage boys convicted of raping Jazmine and another girl were unduly lenient.
We want to draw attention to some of the language used in court to defend those sentences: a defendant’s diagnoses described as a “constellation of comorbid conditions” reducing his culpability; his peer pressure to offend characterised as “fear of missing out”; the public response to his crimes described as having made him a “pariah.”
By contrast, the Attorney General’s own counsel noted that each victim’s account of the harm she suffered was addressed in only a line-and-a-half of the original sentencing remarks.
This asymmetry — extensive attention to the perpetrator’s circumstances, minimal attention to the victim’s — is a pattern we see repeatedly in cases of this kind. It has a name: himpathy, the excess of sympathy directed toward men who cause harm, often at the direct expense of the women and girls they have harmed.
Jazmine has said: “I feel like I am carrying what happened every day... It is always there. I cannot just switch it off. I cannot just move on.”
Our founder, @drproudman is representing her in these proceedings. Judgment is expected tomorrow.
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