Campaigning for gender equality under the law

The Courts and Tribunals Bill, which includes Clause 17, which repeals the presumption of parental involvement, passed through the House of Commons.

In response to the rollout of specialist criminal rape courts, Charlotte Borthwick explains how rape victims in the family court face a system with no legal definition of rape and no promise of special protections.

Right to Equality’s survivor ambassador “Rose” has written this week to the Lord Chancellor to welcome the announcement of new specialist rape courts but to remind him that victim-survivors in family courts also face significant challenges, that must not be forgotten.

A post from Barrister, Eleanor Marsh. Eleanor raises concerns about a new judgment where a father shows apparent remorse in family court enabling him to progress contact but denies the same offences and blames the victim in criminal proceedings.

Charlotte Richardson, in conversation with Ruth Dineen, founder of Hague Mothers, explores the key issues with Hague Convention proceedings and why we are campaigning for reform.

A new judgment highlights the deeply entrenched pro-contact culture in private family proceedings and raises questions about the use and influence of experts.

In this new series’ first episode, Lucy Hayton, our fabulous host and CEO of Right to Equality, is joined by the incredible Dr Charlotte Proudman. 

This 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.

This is the first 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.