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New #UofGSpotlight podcast episode
This week we're talking access to justice and Legal Aid Reform in Scotland.
We speak to @jena.ng and Fiona McPhail, @uofglaw.bsky.social. Alongside @satwatr.bsky.social, @opfs.org.uk and @mscottetal.bsky.social, Scottish Women's Aid.
Tune in: 🎧 uofgspotlight.com
This week we're talking access to justice and Legal Aid Reform in Scotland.
We speak to @jena.ng and Fiona McPhail, @uofglaw.bsky.social. Alongside @satwatr.bsky.social, @opfs.org.uk and @mscottetal.bsky.social, Scottish Women's Aid.
Tune in: 🎧 uofgspotlight.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
New #UofGSpotlight podcast episode
This week we're talking access to justice and Legal Aid Reform in Scotland.
We speak to @jena.ng and Fiona McPhail, @uofglaw.bsky.social. Alongside @satwatr.bsky.social, @opfs.org.uk and @mscottetal.bsky.social, Scottish Women's Aid.
Tune in: 🎧 uofgspotlight.com
This week we're talking access to justice and Legal Aid Reform in Scotland.
We speak to @jena.ng and Fiona McPhail, @uofglaw.bsky.social. Alongside @satwatr.bsky.social, @opfs.org.uk and @mscottetal.bsky.social, Scottish Women's Aid.
Tune in: 🎧 uofgspotlight.com
🎙️ "Justice would look like law that is accessible, attainable, appropriate - something that's for you, for everybody."
11 Scottish activists share powerful visions of justice ✊ from basic dignity to transformative change - on our "Equal under the Law" podcast series
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11 Scottish activists share powerful visions of justice ✊ from basic dignity to transformative change - on our "Equal under the Law" podcast series
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November 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🎙️ "Justice would look like law that is accessible, attainable, appropriate - something that's for you, for everybody."
11 Scottish activists share powerful visions of justice ✊ from basic dignity to transformative change - on our "Equal under the Law" podcast series
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11 Scottish activists share powerful visions of justice ✊ from basic dignity to transformative change - on our "Equal under the Law" podcast series
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We support ✨Let's Change the Act✨ a campaign to modernise abortion law in Scotland. @jena.ng explains why abortion rights mattered, and why they still matter, for everyone, today 👇🏽
Read the blog: bit.ly/3LxJp70
#DecriminaliseAbortionScotland #Abortion #Scotland #LetsChangeTheAct
Read the blog: bit.ly/3LxJp70
#DecriminaliseAbortionScotland #Abortion #Scotland #LetsChangeTheAct
Blog | Why abortion rights mattered - Time’s Up for Outdated Abortion Laws
abortion, decirminalisation, abortion law, scotland, womens rights, reproductive rights
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October 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
We support ✨Let's Change the Act✨ a campaign to modernise abortion law in Scotland. @jena.ng explains why abortion rights mattered, and why they still matter, for everyone, today 👇🏽
Read the blog: bit.ly/3LxJp70
#DecriminaliseAbortionScotland #Abortion #Scotland #LetsChangeTheAct
Read the blog: bit.ly/3LxJp70
#DecriminaliseAbortionScotland #Abortion #Scotland #LetsChangeTheAct
"People can't afford to access legal justice - not just financially, but in terms of capacity and emotional energy. Your life is a battle."
Is law a barrier or tool for equality?
Ep 2 of Equal Under the Law? ⚠️ CW: references to sexual violence
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Is law a barrier or tool for equality?
Ep 2 of Equal Under the Law? ⚠️ CW: references to sexual violence
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October 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
"People can't afford to access legal justice - not just financially, but in terms of capacity and emotional energy. Your life is a battle."
Is law a barrier or tool for equality?
Ep 2 of Equal Under the Law? ⚠️ CW: references to sexual violence
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Is law a barrier or tool for equality?
Ep 2 of Equal Under the Law? ⚠️ CW: references to sexual violence
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"I don't think I would put equality in the same sentence with law."
Scottish activists on whether the law treats their communities equally. Spoiler: it doesn't.
New episode of the Lawmanity Podcast: podfollow.com/lawmanity/view
Scottish activists on whether the law treats their communities equally. Spoiler: it doesn't.
New episode of the Lawmanity Podcast: podfollow.com/lawmanity/view
October 14, 2025 at 7:05 AM
"I don't think I would put equality in the same sentence with law."
Scottish activists on whether the law treats their communities equally. Spoiler: it doesn't.
New episode of the Lawmanity Podcast: podfollow.com/lawmanity/view
Scottish activists on whether the law treats their communities equally. Spoiler: it doesn't.
New episode of the Lawmanity Podcast: podfollow.com/lawmanity/view
"It shouldn't have to be up to small community organisations to make sure public authorities do what they should do. But that's the world in which we live."
Maria McCloskey on stopping a fossil fuel terminal in Northern Ireland.
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Maria McCloskey on stopping a fossil fuel terminal in Northern Ireland.
Listen: lawmanity.com/podcast
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The Lawmanity podcast, hosted by human rights lawyer Jen Ang, brings you one-to-one interviews with activists and lawyers across the UK who are using the law
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October 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM
"It shouldn't have to be up to small community organisations to make sure public authorities do what they should do. But that's the world in which we live."
Maria McCloskey on stopping a fossil fuel terminal in Northern Ireland.
Listen: lawmanity.com/podcast
Maria McCloskey on stopping a fossil fuel terminal in Northern Ireland.
Listen: lawmanity.com/podcast
Straight-A student Ola was denied uni funding - just 58 days short of Scotland's 7-year residency rule. Her case sparked the Our Grades Not Visas movement that changed everything. Hear human rights lawyer Andy Sirel tell the full story on Lawmanity: podfollow.com/lawmanity/view
September 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Straight-A student Ola was denied uni funding - just 58 days short of Scotland's 7-year residency rule. Her case sparked the Our Grades Not Visas movement that changed everything. Hear human rights lawyer Andy Sirel tell the full story on Lawmanity: podfollow.com/lawmanity/view
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🎤 New episode! This week, we hear from activist lawyer Harriet Wistrich on her decades-long commitment to seeking justice for women who kill their abusive partners ✊🏼
🎧 Tune in to the @lawmanity.com Podcast here:
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September 2, 2025 at 7:34 AM
🎤 New episode! This week, we hear from activist lawyer Harriet Wistrich on her decades-long commitment to seeking justice for women who kill their abusive partners ✊🏼
🎧 Tune in to the @lawmanity.com Podcast here:
podfollow.com/1824535187
@h-cwj.bsky.social
🎧 Tune in to the @lawmanity.com Podcast here:
podfollow.com/1824535187
@h-cwj.bsky.social
🎤 New episode!🎤 with @timhopkins.bsky.social and @jena.ng on the history of #LGBT+ rights in Scotland 🌈
✊🏼 the 1980s campaign against Section 28
⚖️ the ECHR's role in securing rights in the 1990s
🏳️⚧️ the future struggle for trans rights in the UK
🎧 Have a listen here: pnc.st/s/lawmanity
✊🏼 the 1980s campaign against Section 28
⚖️ the ECHR's role in securing rights in the 1990s
🏳️⚧️ the future struggle for trans rights in the UK
🎧 Have a listen here: pnc.st/s/lawmanity
August 8, 2025 at 8:58 AM
🎤 New episode!🎤 with @timhopkins.bsky.social and @jena.ng on the history of #LGBT+ rights in Scotland 🌈
✊🏼 the 1980s campaign against Section 28
⚖️ the ECHR's role in securing rights in the 1990s
🏳️⚧️ the future struggle for trans rights in the UK
🎧 Have a listen here: pnc.st/s/lawmanity
✊🏼 the 1980s campaign against Section 28
⚖️ the ECHR's role in securing rights in the 1990s
🏳️⚧️ the future struggle for trans rights in the UK
🎧 Have a listen here: pnc.st/s/lawmanity
🎤 New episode!🎤 This week, Alison Pickup of @asylumaid.bsky.social shares
⚖️ how the UK Govt doubled down on #Rwanda removals after losing in court
✊🏼 what must be done to secure justice for #refugees
🌻 wise advice for aspiring human rights #activists
🎧 Have a listen here: pnc.st/s/lawmanity
⚖️ how the UK Govt doubled down on #Rwanda removals after losing in court
✊🏼 what must be done to secure justice for #refugees
🌻 wise advice for aspiring human rights #activists
🎧 Have a listen here: pnc.st/s/lawmanity
Lawmanity
Hosted by human rights lawyer, Jen Ang, the Lawmanity podcast asks big questions like: How does human rights law really work in practice? And how have activists used the law to create real social cha...
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July 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
🎤 New episode!🎤 This week, Alison Pickup of @asylumaid.bsky.social shares
⚖️ how the UK Govt doubled down on #Rwanda removals after losing in court
✊🏼 what must be done to secure justice for #refugees
🌻 wise advice for aspiring human rights #activists
🎧 Have a listen here: pnc.st/s/lawmanity
⚖️ how the UK Govt doubled down on #Rwanda removals after losing in court
✊🏼 what must be done to secure justice for #refugees
🌻 wise advice for aspiring human rights #activists
🎧 Have a listen here: pnc.st/s/lawmanity
🎤 Today, we’re interviewing leading human rights lawyer ✨ Alison Pickup, Exec Dir of @asylumaid.bsky.social on challenging the UK Rwanda #Asylum Policy - and winning at the Supreme Court ⚖️
Curious about #law and #activism?
🎧 Listen to Episode 1 of the podcast here: pnc.st/s/lawmanity
Curious about #law and #activism?
🎧 Listen to Episode 1 of the podcast here: pnc.st/s/lawmanity
July 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
🎤 Today, we’re interviewing leading human rights lawyer ✨ Alison Pickup, Exec Dir of @asylumaid.bsky.social on challenging the UK Rwanda #Asylum Policy - and winning at the Supreme Court ⚖️
Curious about #law and #activism?
🎧 Listen to Episode 1 of the podcast here: pnc.st/s/lawmanity
Curious about #law and #activism?
🎧 Listen to Episode 1 of the podcast here: pnc.st/s/lawmanity
🚀 Today we're launching something new from Lawmanity: a podcast series on #law and #activism, bringing you 121 interviews with real people using the law to create social change ✨
🎤 Episode 1 drops today at 10am!
Have a listen here: pnc.st/s/lawmanity
🎤 Episode 1 drops today at 10am!
Have a listen here: pnc.st/s/lawmanity
July 4, 2025 at 7:24 AM
🚀 Today we're launching something new from Lawmanity: a podcast series on #law and #activism, bringing you 121 interviews with real people using the law to create social change ✨
🎤 Episode 1 drops today at 10am!
Have a listen here: pnc.st/s/lawmanity
🎤 Episode 1 drops today at 10am!
Have a listen here: pnc.st/s/lawmanity
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🌻 “The things we are asking for, we should have had by now. I want to see a win.
I want to show future generations that our efforts were not wasted - that [by bringing our lived experience + holding government to account] you can make change.” ✊🏾
Rosie S, The Empowering Women’s Panel (EWP)
I want to show future generations that our efforts were not wasted - that [by bringing our lived experience + holding government to account] you can make change.” ✊🏾
Rosie S, The Empowering Women’s Panel (EWP)
April 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🌻 “The things we are asking for, we should have had by now. I want to see a win.
I want to show future generations that our efforts were not wasted - that [by bringing our lived experience + holding government to account] you can make change.” ✊🏾
Rosie S, The Empowering Women’s Panel (EWP)
I want to show future generations that our efforts were not wasted - that [by bringing our lived experience + holding government to account] you can make change.” ✊🏾
Rosie S, The Empowering Women’s Panel (EWP)
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A reminder that registrations for our upcoming Spring School are open for the 13th, 14th and 15th of May. 🕊️
With just over five weeks to go, join us in Glasgow to explore the intersection of arts, languages, and education in today’s peacebuilding efforts.
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With just over five weeks to go, join us in Glasgow to explore the intersection of arts, languages, and education in today’s peacebuilding efforts.
THREAD PART 1/2
April 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A reminder that registrations for our upcoming Spring School are open for the 13th, 14th and 15th of May. 🕊️
With just over five weeks to go, join us in Glasgow to explore the intersection of arts, languages, and education in today’s peacebuilding efforts.
THREAD PART 1/2
With just over five weeks to go, join us in Glasgow to explore the intersection of arts, languages, and education in today’s peacebuilding efforts.
THREAD PART 1/2
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Great article on the “shocking” levels of destitution found in #Scotland by Professor @bethwcobbe.bsky.social and her team caused by the UK Govt’s hostile environment policies - what @lawmanity.com suggests Scottish Govt can do to address it
Is there more the Scottish Government could do to mitigate hostile environment immigration policy? New piece by me for @heraldscotland.bsky.social, on new legal analysis showing what can be done to alleviate destitution, despite Home Office restrictions www.heraldscotland.com/news/2504743...
Immigration might be reserved matter does not mean the ScotGov is powerless to act
Why the systems driving migrant groups into destitution could be changed north of the border to end suffering and homelessness of those seeking…
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March 30, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Great article on the “shocking” levels of destitution found in #Scotland by Professor @bethwcobbe.bsky.social and her team caused by the UK Govt’s hostile environment policies - what @lawmanity.com suggests Scottish Govt can do to address it
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📣 “If we could make change, and we do not … we call it what it is: injustice.” ✊🏾
Powerful words from @maggiechapman.bsky.social last night - challenging Scottish Govt to commit to positive steps to end migrant #NRPF destitution in #Scotland 🏴 🏡
Powerful words from @maggiechapman.bsky.social last night - challenging Scottish Govt to commit to positive steps to end migrant #NRPF destitution in #Scotland 🏴 🏡
Cold, hungry, exploited at work.
Thousands of people here on visas are shut out of services & left struggling to make ends meet.
We can't undo the UKGov's hostile environment, but ScotGov has power to lift some of their harsh conditions 👇
Thousands of people here on visas are shut out of services & left struggling to make ends meet.
We can't undo the UKGov's hostile environment, but ScotGov has power to lift some of their harsh conditions 👇
March 27, 2025 at 8:34 AM
📣 “If we could make change, and we do not … we call it what it is: injustice.” ✊🏾
Powerful words from @maggiechapman.bsky.social last night - challenging Scottish Govt to commit to positive steps to end migrant #NRPF destitution in #Scotland 🏴 🏡
Powerful words from @maggiechapman.bsky.social last night - challenging Scottish Govt to commit to positive steps to end migrant #NRPF destitution in #Scotland 🏴 🏡
🤔 Did you know that since 2019, nearly all housing for asylum seekers in the UK has been provided by just three private sector companies - with a shocking track record over delivery of these contracts?
🏠 Want to learn more? Are you a charity or a funder who wants to be part of the solution? 👇🏽
🏠 Want to learn more? Are you a charity or a funder who wants to be part of the solution? 👇🏽
March 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
🤔 Did you know that since 2019, nearly all housing for asylum seekers in the UK has been provided by just three private sector companies - with a shocking track record over delivery of these contracts?
🏠 Want to learn more? Are you a charity or a funder who wants to be part of the solution? 👇🏽
🏠 Want to learn more? Are you a charity or a funder who wants to be part of the solution? 👇🏽
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In her article, @jena.ng, founder of @lawmanity.com, explores how the war’s impact on children has been exacerbated in Ukraine due to Russia’s campaign of forced displacement & abduction. 2/
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Three years on: Russia’s War on Ukraine’s Forcibly Displaced Children - The Foreign Policy Centre
Every war is a war against children. However, in its war in Ukraine, the Russian Government has specifically targeted children as a tool to disrupt Ukrainian communities, and secure long-term dominanc...
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February 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
In her article, @jena.ng, founder of @lawmanity.com, explores how the war’s impact on children has been exacerbated in Ukraine due to Russia’s campaign of forced displacement & abduction. 2/
➡️ fpc.org.uk/three-years-...
➡️ fpc.org.uk/three-years-...
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🙌 Proud and excited to launch a new legal briefing from @lawmanity.com "Ending Destitution in Scotland - A Roadmap for Policymakers" 🏡
The report explains how ScotGov can tackle the harm and #destitution imposed on #migrant and #NRPF people by the UK Govt's hostile environment policies 🫶
The report explains how ScotGov can tackle the harm and #destitution imposed on #migrant and #NRPF people by the UK Govt's hostile environment policies 🫶
February 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
🙌 Proud and excited to launch a new legal briefing from @lawmanity.com "Ending Destitution in Scotland - A Roadmap for Policymakers" 🏡
The report explains how ScotGov can tackle the harm and #destitution imposed on #migrant and #NRPF people by the UK Govt's hostile environment policies 🫶
The report explains how ScotGov can tackle the harm and #destitution imposed on #migrant and #NRPF people by the UK Govt's hostile environment policies 🫶
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⏰ #16DaysofActivism 🙅🏻♀️ is a global campaign to end Violence Against Women & Girls #VAWG
💭 It’s also an opportunity to learn, and reflect on what we can do to end #GBV forever.
👋🏾 Got 5 mins? Learn more about how VAWG affects ESEA women 🧕 here 👇🏾
#16Days #StopTheViolence #NoExcuse 💜
💭 It’s also an opportunity to learn, and reflect on what we can do to end #GBV forever.
👋🏾 Got 5 mins? Learn more about how VAWG affects ESEA women 🧕 here 👇🏾
#16Days #StopTheViolence #NoExcuse 💜
East and/or Southeast Asian women survivors remain excluded and unsupported in the UK – Migrant Women Press
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November 25, 2024 at 7:40 PM
⏰ #16DaysofActivism 🙅🏻♀️ is a global campaign to end Violence Against Women & Girls #VAWG
💭 It’s also an opportunity to learn, and reflect on what we can do to end #GBV forever.
👋🏾 Got 5 mins? Learn more about how VAWG affects ESEA women 🧕 here 👇🏾
#16Days #StopTheViolence #NoExcuse 💜
💭 It’s also an opportunity to learn, and reflect on what we can do to end #GBV forever.
👋🏾 Got 5 mins? Learn more about how VAWG affects ESEA women 🧕 here 👇🏾
#16Days #StopTheViolence #NoExcuse 💜
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🏠Did you miss the launch? Join us + Homeless Network Scotland next Mon @12.30 for a free online webinar on this groundbreaking research on #NRPF #destitution in #Scotland - what we've learned, and what we can do to make change 🧡
Register: buff.ly/3CiaGpo
@lawmanity.bsky.social @jrf-uk.bsky.social
Register: buff.ly/3CiaGpo
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Destitution by Design - Homeless Network Scotland: we are all in
A consultation on proposals for a Human Rights Bill is open. Join Homeless Network Scotland and colleagues from the Scottish Government's Human Rights Division to explore the Bill and what it might me...
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November 20, 2024 at 11:04 AM
🏠Did you miss the launch? Join us + Homeless Network Scotland next Mon @12.30 for a free online webinar on this groundbreaking research on #NRPF #destitution in #Scotland - what we've learned, and what we can do to make change 🧡
Register: buff.ly/3CiaGpo
@lawmanity.bsky.social @jrf-uk.bsky.social
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📣 NEW REPORT on Public Interest Litigation in Northern Ireland from @lawmanity.bsky.social just launched 🚀
🛠️ litigation has proven a successful tool for change
🫱🏽🫲🏾 NGOs and legal sector have been innovative + collaborative
💸 more funding + resources are needed to ensure equal access to justice in NI
🛠️ litigation has proven a successful tool for change
🫱🏽🫲🏾 NGOs and legal sector have been innovative + collaborative
💸 more funding + resources are needed to ensure equal access to justice in NI
November 14, 2024 at 4:08 PM
📣 NEW REPORT on Public Interest Litigation in Northern Ireland from @lawmanity.bsky.social just launched 🚀
🛠️ litigation has proven a successful tool for change
🫱🏽🫲🏾 NGOs and legal sector have been innovative + collaborative
💸 more funding + resources are needed to ensure equal access to justice in NI
🛠️ litigation has proven a successful tool for change
🫱🏽🫲🏾 NGOs and legal sector have been innovative + collaborative
💸 more funding + resources are needed to ensure equal access to justice in NI