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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 13
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
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