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This week, we’re talking to feminist lawyer and activist, Harriet Wistrich, about her decades-long commitment to seeking justice for women who kill their abusive partners, and her determined fight for justice for women, in a system designed for men.

Harriet talks about her journey to becoming an activist lawyer, why she founded the charity Centre for Women’s Justice in 2016, and many of her high-profile cases from over 25 years’ at the frontline of legal practice - also covered in her stunning 2024 debut book: “Sister in Law”.

Buy the book here:

• Sister in Law (paperback):

https://housmans.com/product/sister-in-law-fighting-for-justice-in-a-system-designed-by-men/?noamp=mobile

• Sister In Law (hardback):

https://lighthousebookshop.com/book/9781911709268

Learn more about these organisations::

• The Centre for Women's Justice: https://www.centreforwomensjustice.org.uk
• The Justice for Women Campaign: https://www.justiceforwomen.org.uk
• Read the CWJ’s Women who Kill: How the state criminalises women we might otherwise be burying report here: https://www.centreforwomensjustice.org.uk/women-who-kill

This episode contains an audio clip from an ITN news story following the release of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, from custody at the Old Bailey (BBC creative archive licence)

• Watch the video clip here:

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/freed-after-being-jailed-for-killing-violent-husband-news-footage/816069584?adppopup=true

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