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Woman's HourPaula Radcliffe, Belarusian political activist Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, High sugar baby food pouches, Virginia GiuffrePaula Radcliffe broke records and redefined women’s long-distance running, holding the marathon world record for more than 16 years. The four time British Olympian secured the Six Star Medal last week - and has now run all six original marathons: Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago, New York City. Recently she has had her resilience tested in a whole new way - supporting her teenage daughter Isla through a rare and aggressive form of ovarian cancer. Now, in recovery, Isla ran the London marathon yesterday. Paula joins Nuala to discuss.The Belarusian political activist Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya joins Nuala to...2025-04-2857 min
The Hearing – A Legal PodcastEP. 172 – Harriet Wistrich (Centre for Women's Justice)Who protects women when the very systems that are supposed to protect them, like the police and the broader legal system, refuse to, or even worse, are causing the harm in the first place? This episode's guest has been fighting against the systemic challenges women face in securing justice for decades. And she has some extraordinary stories to tell. Join The Hearing host Yasmin Sheikh as she sits down with Harriet Wistrich, a human rights lawyer, founder of the Centre for Women's Justice (https://www.centreforwomensjustice.org.uk/), and author of "Sister in Law" (https://www.penguin.co...2025-04-2836 min
Desert Island DiscsHarriet Wistrich, lawyerHarriet Wistrich is one of the country’s most prominent human rights lawyers. In 2016 she founded the Centre for Women’s Justice and over the course of her career, she has won landmark victories in very difficult legal cases. She has helped women imprisoned after killing their abusers regain their freedom. She’s also represented women seeking justice from the Metropolitan Police over their deployment of undercover police officers who have had relationships and children with female activists.After studying PPE at Oxford, Harriet moved to Liverpool and began her career working in film and documentaries. She retrai...2025-02-1650 min
The Lesbian Project PodcastEpisode 64 FREE: we talk to superstar trailblazing lawyer and world-renowned disco queen, the one, the only HARRIET WISTRICH!!Harriet on Desert Island Discshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00274n7Harriet’s amazing book Sister-in-Lawhttps://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/sister-in-law-fighting-for-justice-in-a-system-designed-by-men-harriet-wistrich/7598745 Julie’s book now available to preorder…https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/lesbians-where-are-we-now-julie-bindel/7790288 IVF again https://metro.co.uk/2025/02/05/lesbian-couples-priced-starting-families-ivf-rules-says-fertility-expert-22491466/Sandi Toksvig’s Great British Woodland restorationhttps://www.channel4.com/programmes/sandis-great-british-woodland-restorationhttps://www.facebook.com/Channel4/videos/sandi-toksvig-brought-to-tears-by-baby-owls-sandis-great-british-woodland-restor/1568207900502441/The importance of queer-inclusive tattoo agencieshttps://www.swlondoner.co.uk/life/060...2025-02-141h 13Woman's HourSticky floor jobs, Kiena Dawes, The Mare, Badass GranThe term ‘sticky floor’ refers to the difficulties women face in progressing to higher-paid and higher-powered job roles whilst balancing the demands of their careers with personal, unpaid responsibilities. They can get stuck at lower levels, leaving the most senior positions to be occupied by, predominantly, men. Nuala McGovern discusses some of the reasons and solutions with Claire Reindorp, CEO of Young Women’s Trust, and Lucy Kellaway, former journalist, now economics teacher and co-founder of Now Teach.A Lancashire jury has found Ryan Wellings not guilty of the manslaughter of 23-year-old Kiena Dawes. Wellings, who was Kiena...2025-01-1457 minWoman's HourSophie Duker, Sudan sexual violence crisis, The Road TripWould you ask your friends to describe you in one word? Comedian Sophie Duker did. She joins Nuala McGovern to talk about hearing their responses and how it influenced her new standup show, But Daddy, I Love Her.Adele is in the headlines this morning after being accused of plagiarism in a Brazilian court for her 2015 song, Million Years Ago.Brazilian composer Toninho Geraes is seeking royalties - more than £125,000 - in moral damages for the alleged plagiarism, and songwriting credit for the track, claiming his samba song, Mulheres. influenced Adele’s song. Dr Karlyn King, lecturer in...2024-12-1756 min
Dangerous LiaisonsFighting for Women's Justice with Harriet WistrichJoin us as Caroline talks with Harriet Wistrich, solicitor and Founder of the Centre for Women's Justice, about her journey into law and feminism. Harriet shares her thoughts about the systemic failures of the criminal justice system in addressing violence against women, the importance of police accountability, and the legal challenges faced by women in abusive relationships. Discover the vital work of the Justice for Women campaign and learn how myths surrounding domestic violence impact societal perceptions. This episode supports advocacy for women's rights.
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Standard Issue PodcastHarriet Wistrich seeks justiceHaving been involved in some of the country's most high-profile cases, lawyer and fearless campaigner for justice, Harriet Wistrich has some incredible stories to tell. Many of which are in her new memoir, Sister In Law. Hannnah chats to Harriet about the Stockwell shooting, Spycops, the media and Sally Challen, and asks if some of us are better built for legal battle. Hannah's Spycops interview is here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sim-ep-744-chops-255-groomed-gaslighted-ghosted/id1080808404?i=1000568597088 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-09-2427 minWoman's HourElizabeth Strout, Girls Will Be Girls, Women's safety, Labour women and donationsChancellor Rachel Reeves has told the BBC it's "right" not to accept donations for clothing now she's in government. This is following reports that she took £7,500 from a donor for clothing between January 2023 to May 2024. Keir Starmer, his wife Lady Victoria Starmer and the Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner have also accepted money for clothes, and on Friday, Downing Street said that would no longer continue. To discuss the issue of women and donations, Kylie Pentelow is joined by political journalists Rachel Sylvester from the Times and Eleni Courea from the Guardian.The Sundance award-winning film, Girls W...2024-09-2357 min
Julie Bindel's podcasts and writingHarriet Wistrich: Sister in Law: Fighting for justice in a legal system designed by menDetails of the Centre for Women’s Justice (CWJ) here where you can also find details of future book events.What some of the reviewers have said:Inventive, compassionate and tenacious, Wistrich…[is] a magnificent, radical, uncompromising warrior of a woman.Melanie Reid, The TimesWistrich’s skill lies in her innovative use of legislation…she thrives on perseverance.Yvonne Roberts, The ObserverThrough these enraging and astonishing stories, Wistrich… shows us the best of humanity. [She is] empathetic, dogged, canny, always up for the fight.Fiona Stu...2024-08-2342 min
Rachel Johnson's Difficult WomenHarriet Wistrich: The feminist lawyer's feminist lawyerThe stalwart defender of women's rights, Harriet Wistrich, is this week's difficult woman. Responsible for keeping John Worboys locked up and the founder and director of the Centre for Women's Justice. Harriet has worked tirelessly for 25 years to advance and protect women's rights listen to her experience fighting the patriarchal mountain that is British law.2024-07-1541 min
Activist LawyerEpisode 82: Harriet WistrichIn this week's episode, Sarah is joined by Harriet Wistrich who is the founder and director of the Centre for Women's Justice. Harriet previously worked as a solicitor with renowned civil liberties firm Birnberg Pierce for many years.
Harriet talks about her work, primarily focusing on violence against women cases including the case of Emma Humphreys and Sally Challen as well as victims of serial rapist, John Worboys. Harriet’s new book, Sister in Law provides us with a fantastic in-depth look into Harriet’s legal career touched on in today’s recording.
Harriet’s book featur...2024-05-2330 minWoman's HourLawyer Harriet Wistrich, Chef Asma Khan, ACL injuries and womenLawyer Harriet Wistrich is the founder and director of Centre for Women's Justice. She joins Anita Rani to talk about her new book, Sister in Law, which looks into 10 of her hard-won cases over 30 years. They include Sally Challen’s appeal against her conviction for the murder of her husband, the victims of the taxi driver John Worboys, and the women caught up in the 'Spy Cops' scandal. Cases that she says demonstrate that "terrifyingly often, the law is not fit-for-purpose for half the population".Boris Johnson's son Wilf's fourth birthday party has been gaining attention online, af...2024-05-0257 min
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Title: Sister in Law: Fighting for Justice in a System Designed by Men
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Brought to you by Penguin. Only 30 years ago, rape within marriage was not a crime, Judges saw rape victims as complicit for wearing short skirts; teenage runaways were groomed, pimped and then arrested as ‘common prostitutes’, and harassment, stalking, forced marriage and honour-based violence were not defined or recognised as separate offences in law. Since then there have...2024-05-0211h 04
Enjoy Amazing Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceSister in Law: Fighting for Justice in a System Designed by Men by Harriet WistrichPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703084 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sister in Law: Fighting for Justice in a System Designed by Men Author: Harriet Wistrich Narrator: Catherine Bailey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 4 minutes Release date: May 2, 2024 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Only 30 years ago, rape within marriage was not a crime, Judges saw rape victims as complicit for wearing short skirts; teenage runaways were groomed, pimped and then arrested as ‘common prostitutes’, and harassment, stalking, forced marriage and honour-based violence were not defined or recognised as separate offences in law. Since then ther...2024-05-0205 min
Listen to Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsSister in Law: Fighting for Justice in a System Designed by Men by Harriet WistrichPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703084 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sister in Law: Fighting for Justice in a System Designed by Men Author: Harriet Wistrich Narrator: Catherine Bailey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 4 minutes Release date: May 2, 2024 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Only 30 years ago, rape within marriage was not a crime, Judges saw rape victims as complicit for wearing short skirts; teenage runaways were groomed, pimped and then arrested as ‘common prostitutes’, and harassment, stalking, forced marriage and honour-based violence were not defined or recognised as separate offences in law. Sinc...2024-05-0205 minListen to Latest Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsSister in Law: Fighting for Justice in a System Designed by Men by Harriet WistrichPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703084to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Sister in Law: Fighting for Justice in a System Designed by Men
Author: Harriet Wistrich
Narrator: Catherine Bailey
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 4 minutes
Release date: May 2, 2024
Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
Publisher's Summary:
Brought to you by Penguin. Only 30 years ago, rape within marriage was not a crime, Judges saw rape victims as complicit for wearing short skirts; teenage runaways were groomed, pimped and then arrested as ‘common prostitutes’, and harassment, stalking, forced marriage and honour-based violence were not defined or recognised as separate offences in law. Since then...2024-05-0211h 04
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Only 30 years ago, rape within marriage was not a crime, Judges saw rape victims as complicit for wearing short skirts; teenage runaways were groomed, pimped and then arrested as common prostitutes, and harassment, stalking, forced marriage and honour-based violence were not defined or recognised as separate...2024-05-0211h 04Woman's HourArlene Foster, french women and high heelsFormer Northern Ireland First Minister and DUP leader Arlene Foster joins the programme to talk about a return to devolution in Northern Ireland and the fourth anniversary of Brexit. Author Fiona Williams is out with her debut novel, The House of Broken Bricks. She joins Emma to talk about the ways in which the book relates to her real life in terms of navigating issues of race and belonging, and why she wanted to write a story so intertwined with nature. Thames Valley Police has referred itself to the policing regulator after a BBC investigation...2024-01-3157 minWoman's HourConductor Marin Alsop, actor Diana Quick and a campaign to protect domestic abuse victimsMarin Alsop is one of the most famous conductors in the world. Ten years ago, she became the first woman to conduct the Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. Now she is giving the European premiere of Too Hot To Handel: The Gospel Messiah!, a reimagining of Handel’s Messiah Marin tells Hayley Hassell why she wanted to rework the piece, and looks back over her illustrious career as a conductor. The actor Diana Quick joins Hayley to discuss her role as Mrs Wentworth in a new series The Famous Five – and describe how...2023-12-0756 min
FiLiA#198 Speak Out Survivors"It's not rocket science... you investigate the suspect, not the victim," – Harriet Wistrich.In this episode, Suzy Angus and Emma Bryson, survivors of sexual violence and founders of Speak Out Survivors, meet Dr Oona Brooks-Hay (Reader in Criminology at the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research at the University of Glasgow) and Harriet Wistrich (Director of the Centre for Women's Justice) to discuss the difficulties in Scotland for victims and survivors to access justice. In particular, related to the outdated legal requirement for 'corroboration', which under Sc...2023-11-0652 min
NewscastWhy Are The Police Putting Down Their Guns?Soldiers were put on standby after hundreds of Metropolitan Police officers stepped back from firearms duties after an officer was charged with the murder of Chris Kaba last September. Home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds talks us through a dramatic day for the Met alongside Harriet Wistrich, the lawyer who represented the family of Jean Charles de Menezes after he was killed by police in 2005.And what next for HS2? Adam is joined by the BBC’s transport correspondent, Katy Austin, alongside Manchester City Council Leader Bev Craig and former Network Rail director Anna-Jayne Hunter to di...2023-09-2533 minWoman's HourOlivia Colman, Undercover policing inquiry, Afua Hirsch, Lottie JacksonActress Olivia Colman is the patron of the arts charity Tender, having previously played a survivor of domestic violence in the film Tyrannosaur. She speaks to Woman’s Hour alongside Tender CEO Susie McDonald about the work they’re doing to try and prevent domestic violence. A special police unit used to spy on left wing political and activist groups was not justified and should have been disbanded in its early days. That’s one of the conclusions of the first part of a judge led inquiry into undercover policing, which covers the years 1968 to 1982. Sir John Mittin...2023-06-3057 min
The Landmark ListenGuerrilla Law: Campaigning and the LawAlex Goodman KC discusses campaigning and the law with people who have shaped our society and shaped our law.In this first episode, he talks to Harriet Wistrich, Founding Director of the Centre for Women’s Justice, about her 25 years of work campaigning for women’s rights and for reform of the Met Police. They discuss campaigning through a look at the Black Cab rapist litigation, the law relating to women who kill their partners, immigration detention and others. The series is produced by Landmark Chambers’ Public Interest Law Group.2023-03-2950 min
Sky News DailyDavid Carrick: The Met Police's challenge to "root out rapists"Over an 18-year period, former Metropolitan Police firearms officer David Carrick sexually assaulted and raped at least 12 women. The force has apologised to victims after it emerged Carrick had come to the attention of police on nine separate occasions, but no action had been taken. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson gets more on the Met's response from Sky's crime correspondent Martin Brunt. Former Met officer Graham Wettone explains how complains against officers are dealt with, and Harriet Wistrich, director of the Centre for Women's Justice, explains why she believes those investigating police culture need...2023-01-1824 min
Sky News DailyDavid Carrick: The Met Police's challenge to "root out rapists"Over an 18-year period, former Metropolitan Police firearms officer David Carrick sexually assaulted and raped at least 12 women. The force has apologised to victims after it emerged Carrick had come to the attention of police on nine separate occasions, but no action had been taken. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson gets more on the Met's response from Sky's crime correspondent Martin Brunt. Former Met officer Graham Wettone explains how complains against officers are dealt with, and Harriet Wistrich, director of the Centre for Women's Justice, explains why she believes those investigating police culture need...2023-01-1824 min
Rising Above Shadows Of Abuse''The Women Rights, Legal Saviour''Grace converses with Harriet Wistrich a Human Rights Lawyer, 'Power House' and co-founder of 'Centre For Women's Justice'. A specialist legal charity for advancing women's rights, vindicating their rights and holding the state accountable. In this engaging interview, issues relating to migrant women, coercive control and policing are discussed.Contact details:info@centreforwomensjustice.org.ukEmail: risingaboveshadowsofabuse@gmail.com -To contribute, use #participation to be a guest, # feedback or comments on the subject title.Follow RASA Podcast on Social Media ; Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/risingaboveshadowsofabuse/...2022-03-0335 min
Law Pod UKEp 140: Harriet Wistrich on Criminal Justice for WomenFollowing International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, Emma-Louise Fenelon spoke to Harriet Wistrich, founder of the Centre for Women’s Justice about the many ways in which the UK criminal justice system is failing women.
2021-04-1224 min
The Justice Gap PodcastHarriet Wistrich: 'The decriminalisation of rape'As a human rights lawyer, Harriet Wistrich knows all too well of the importance of protecting defendants rights in criminal trials. But dwindling prosecutions of rape in the last few years has led her to believe we have ‘virtually decriminalised’ the offence in the UK. In January, the Centre for Women’s Justice (CJW), representing the End Violence Against Women Coalition, brought a judicial review agains the CPS. In this week’s episode, Harriet, who is the founder and director of the charity, tells Calum McCrae why they brought that action and the continued importance of putting so-called ‘weaker’ cases in fro...2021-03-1220 min
Standard Issue PodcastSIM Ep 476 IWD 2021 #1: Harriet Wistrich and the fight for justice for womenFeminist lawyer, fierce campaigner for women’s rights, founder of the Centre For Women’s Justice, a charity and public interest law firm holding the state to account for violence against women and girls, and co-founder of campaigning organisation Justice For Women, Harriet Wistrich is a bonafide hero. In the first of our six long-form interviews with excellent women to celebrate International Women’s Day 2021, Harriet chats to Mickey about the dire stats around rape prosecutions, taking the Crown Prosecution Service to court, women who kill their abusers and the misogyny rife throughout the criminal justice system in Englan...2021-03-0831 min
FiLiA#96 FiLiA meets: Harriet WistrichHarriet Wistrich is founder and director of the Centre for Womens Justice 2016, a multi partner organisation aimed at bringing cases holding the state to account in relation to violence against women and girls. She is also a solicitor of many years experience, winner of the Liberty Human Rights Lawyer of the Year award 2014 and Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year 2018. She also a founder of the campaign group Justice for Women and trustee of the charity, the Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize. She has acted for Sally Challen, for the two women who sued the police in the Worboys case...2020-08-2649 min
Real Crime ProfileDying To Be HeardLaura Richards and Lisa Zambetti discuss Sally Challen's murder conviction and successful appeal on March 1st, the pioneering coercive control law and the lawyer, Harriet Wistrich, who is holding the state to account when they let women down.This is a special episode to mark International Women's Day and pay tribute to Harriet and other leading advocates who tirelessly lobby, campaign and raise awareness of injustice on behalf of women who have lost their voice and been let down.#IWD2018 #HerNameISSallyNotesJustice 4 Women2018-03-081h 11
Women's Liberation Radio NewsEdition 18: Prostitution, Pornography & Sex TraffickingWLRN's 18th edition podcast is packed with information and stories about prostitution, pornography and the sex trade. Though this topic is a difficult one to discuss, WLRN is committed to facing the truth about the conditions under which women live worldwide. For this reason and since we have never addressed this issue head-on before in a podcast, we are going over our normal hour length to offer up this collaborative work that is nearly two hours long.
We were able to get in touch with some of the world's leading experts and activists on this topic including Samantha Berg, Julie...2017-10-051h 49
Department of LawThe Policing and Prosecution of Rape: What do we know, and how should our knowledge shape policy and practice? [Video]Contributor(s): Betsy Stanko, Louise Ellison, Martin Hewitt, Harriet Wistrich | Following over ten years of research within the Metropolitan Police Service, Betsy Stanko delivers her findings on cases of rape and sexual violence.2014-03-111h 30