WOMEN with disabilities will gather at the Supreme Court today in solidarity with a victim of domestic violence whose panic room is being targeted by the hated Tory bedroom tax.
On the three-day hearing’s last day, seven Supreme Court justices will hear the case of single mother “A,” a survivor of rape and domestic violence.
The government is appealing against her court victory last month, when appeal judges agreed that she had “suffered discrimination” and that changes to her housing benefit were in breach of Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Gisele Pelicot said ‘shame must change sides.’ We may think we agree, but, argues LOUISE RAW, society still has some way to go
Legal frameworks designed to safeguard women are too often weaponised against them, reinforcing male power and entrenching injustice. The FiLiA Ending MVAWG Team highlight some of the issues
BEN CHACKO reports on the struggles against sexism, racism and the brutish British state that featured at Matchwomen’s Festival this year
A new report by Amnesty International pulls no punches in highlighting the Labour government’s human rights violations of those on benefits, says Dr DYLAN MURPHY



