Rights of Women
@rightsofwomen.bsky.social
Women’s legal rights charity supporting women facing Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in England & Wales since 1975. Campaigns for equality, justice & safety in the law for all women.
rightsofwomen.org.uk
rightsofwomen.org.uk
On 28 March 2026, tackle 50km at Battersea Park to support women’s access to safety and justice. £20 entry + £200 fundraising minimum. Lively event village, race kit, nutrition, medal + prize for winners. Every lap helps women through the law. Email info@row.org.uk to find out more and sign up.
February 16, 2026 at 2:50 PM
On 28 March 2026, tackle 50km at Battersea Park to support women’s access to safety and justice. £20 entry + £200 fundraising minimum. Lively event village, race kit, nutrition, medal + prize for winners. Every lap helps women through the law. Email info@row.org.uk to find out more and sign up.
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Today following months of campaigning by survivor
Jodie, @evawuk.bsky.social, #NotYourPorn, @claremcglynn.bsky.social and @glamouruk.bsky.social, a new law comes into force criminalising deepfake abuse.
This is a welcome and long-overdue step for survivors, but criminalisation alone is not enough.
Jodie, @evawuk.bsky.social, #NotYourPorn, @claremcglynn.bsky.social and @glamouruk.bsky.social, a new law comes into force criminalising deepfake abuse.
This is a welcome and long-overdue step for survivors, but criminalisation alone is not enough.
February 6, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Today following months of campaigning by survivor
Jodie, @evawuk.bsky.social, #NotYourPorn, @claremcglynn.bsky.social and @glamouruk.bsky.social, a new law comes into force criminalising deepfake abuse.
This is a welcome and long-overdue step for survivors, but criminalisation alone is not enough.
Jodie, @evawuk.bsky.social, #NotYourPorn, @claremcglynn.bsky.social and @glamouruk.bsky.social, a new law comes into force criminalising deepfake abuse.
This is a welcome and long-overdue step for survivors, but criminalisation alone is not enough.
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Last Saturday marked 20 years since Banaz Mahmod was murdered in a so-called 'honour killing'.
Her death sparked wider conversations in the UK’s recognition of so-called 'honour'-based abuse, which is in the process of becoming recognised as a crime in UK law.
Her death sparked wider conversations in the UK’s recognition of so-called 'honour'-based abuse, which is in the process of becoming recognised as a crime in UK law.
January 29, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Last Saturday marked 20 years since Banaz Mahmod was murdered in a so-called 'honour killing'.
Her death sparked wider conversations in the UK’s recognition of so-called 'honour'-based abuse, which is in the process of becoming recognised as a crime in UK law.
Her death sparked wider conversations in the UK’s recognition of so-called 'honour'-based abuse, which is in the process of becoming recognised as a crime in UK law.
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We need your help to take the Home Office to court.
EU citizens waiting for EU Settlement Scheme decisions are being effectively trapped in the UK. 🧵⬇️
www.crowdjustice.com/case/eu-citi...
EU citizens waiting for EU Settlement Scheme decisions are being effectively trapped in the UK. 🧵⬇️
www.crowdjustice.com/case/eu-citi...
Help us defend EU citizens’ right to return home to the UK
the3million is the largest grassroots organisation for EU citizens in the UK, formed after the 2016 referendum to protect the rights of people who have made the UK their home.
www.crowdjustice.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:30 PM
We need your help to take the Home Office to court.
EU citizens waiting for EU Settlement Scheme decisions are being effectively trapped in the UK. 🧵⬇️
www.crowdjustice.com/case/eu-citi...
EU citizens waiting for EU Settlement Scheme decisions are being effectively trapped in the UK. 🧵⬇️
www.crowdjustice.com/case/eu-citi...
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Government chooses to treat #WASPI women and @phsombudsman.bsky.social
with utter contempt, refusing to acknowledge the harm done by DWP maladministration. We are considering all options.
with utter contempt, refusing to acknowledge the harm done by DWP maladministration. We are considering all options.
January 29, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Government chooses to treat #WASPI women and @phsombudsman.bsky.social
with utter contempt, refusing to acknowledge the harm done by DWP maladministration. We are considering all options.
with utter contempt, refusing to acknowledge the harm done by DWP maladministration. We are considering all options.
We’ve joined 45+ national & grassroots rights groups in rejecting the government’s racist and classist “Earned” Settlement proposals.
Read the full statement and add your organisation’s name 👇
jcwi.org.uk/updates/stat...
Read the full statement and add your organisation’s name 👇
jcwi.org.uk/updates/stat...
January 29, 2026 at 5:08 PM
We’ve joined 45+ national & grassroots rights groups in rejecting the government’s racist and classist “Earned” Settlement proposals.
Read the full statement and add your organisation’s name 👇
jcwi.org.uk/updates/stat...
Read the full statement and add your organisation’s name 👇
jcwi.org.uk/updates/stat...
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The family court will not carry out a wholesale review of cases involving the unregulated psychologist, Melanie Gill, @tbij.bsky.social can reveal. Meanwhile mothers who had their children taken away after Gill gave evidence in their cases demand a public apology. tinyurl.com/595ah2e5
January 28, 2026 at 1:56 PM
The family court will not carry out a wholesale review of cases involving the unregulated psychologist, Melanie Gill, @tbij.bsky.social can reveal. Meanwhile mothers who had their children taken away after Gill gave evidence in their cases demand a public apology. tinyurl.com/595ah2e5
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The number of cases awaiting trial has increased.
Waiting times are longer.
Delays are frequent.
And all of this is impacts victims and survivors of sexual violence and abuse.
We’re campaigning for change, but we can’t do it alone: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000B35GAYAZ
Waiting times are longer.
Delays are frequent.
And all of this is impacts victims and survivors of sexual violence and abuse.
We’re campaigning for change, but we can’t do it alone: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000B35GAYAZ
Support survivors facing rape trial delays – Big Give
Supporting women survivors facing rape trial court delays…
donate.biggive.org
January 28, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The number of cases awaiting trial has increased.
Waiting times are longer.
Delays are frequent.
And all of this is impacts victims and survivors of sexual violence and abuse.
We’re campaigning for change, but we can’t do it alone: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000B35GAYAZ
Waiting times are longer.
Delays are frequent.
And all of this is impacts victims and survivors of sexual violence and abuse.
We’re campaigning for change, but we can’t do it alone: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000B35GAYAZ
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February is going to be busy (& stressful) for women affected by deceitful relationships with #spycops. Hearings start on Feb 2nd, with @donnamclean.bsky.social giving evidence on Tuesday 24th Feb. Preparatory reading includes her memoir #SmallTownGirl & policespiesoutoflives.org.uk/our-stories/...
January 26, 2026 at 5:13 PM
February is going to be busy (& stressful) for women affected by deceitful relationships with #spycops. Hearings start on Feb 2nd, with @donnamclean.bsky.social giving evidence on Tuesday 24th Feb. Preparatory reading includes her memoir #SmallTownGirl & policespiesoutoflives.org.uk/our-stories/...
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The Government is introducing the biggest immigration overhaul in 50 years. They want to make settling here harder than ever as part of a broader attack on migrants and refugees. Now, they're asking what YOU think of their plans.
Use our guide & speak up today.
www.praxis.org.uk/consultation...
Use our guide & speak up today.
www.praxis.org.uk/consultation...
Consultation — Praxis for Migrants and Refugees
www.praxis.org.uk
January 21, 2026 at 5:41 PM
The Government is introducing the biggest immigration overhaul in 50 years. They want to make settling here harder than ever as part of a broader attack on migrants and refugees. Now, they're asking what YOU think of their plans.
Use our guide & speak up today.
www.praxis.org.uk/consultation...
Use our guide & speak up today.
www.praxis.org.uk/consultation...
We recently spoke to the Guardian after calls to Rights of Women’s free legal advice line from women working in the NHS increased, despite the national rollout of the NHS Sexual Safety Charter.
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January 19, 2026 at 12:51 PM
We recently spoke to the Guardian after calls to Rights of Women’s free legal advice line from women working in the NHS increased, despite the national rollout of the NHS Sexual Safety Charter.
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Campaign win for @evawuk.bsky.social!
Through their #KeepCounsellingConfidential campaign, End Violence Against Women Coalition have actioned a change in the law to protect rape survivors’ therapy notes from being routinely accessed by police.
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Through their #KeepCounsellingConfidential campaign, End Violence Against Women Coalition have actioned a change in the law to protect rape survivors’ therapy notes from being routinely accessed by police.
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📣 We’re delighted that from today, police officers will no longer be able to routinely access rape survivors’ private counselling notes, after we changed the law to #KeepCounsellingConfidential
January 15, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Campaign win for @evawuk.bsky.social!
Through their #KeepCounsellingConfidential campaign, End Violence Against Women Coalition have actioned a change in the law to protect rape survivors’ therapy notes from being routinely accessed by police.
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Through their #KeepCounsellingConfidential campaign, End Violence Against Women Coalition have actioned a change in the law to protect rape survivors’ therapy notes from being routinely accessed by police.
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🚨 After careful consideration, Southall Black Sisters is leaving X.
This isn’t symbolic. It’s a political and ethical refusal to engage with a platform that enables misogyny, racism, and violence against women and girls.
Full statement 👇🏽. 1/ 🧵
southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/our-dec...
This isn’t symbolic. It’s a political and ethical refusal to engage with a platform that enables misogyny, racism, and violence against women and girls.
Full statement 👇🏽. 1/ 🧵
southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/our-dec...
January 15, 2026 at 3:32 PM
🚨 After careful consideration, Southall Black Sisters is leaving X.
This isn’t symbolic. It’s a political and ethical refusal to engage with a platform that enables misogyny, racism, and violence against women and girls.
Full statement 👇🏽. 1/ 🧵
southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/our-dec...
This isn’t symbolic. It’s a political and ethical refusal to engage with a platform that enables misogyny, racism, and violence against women and girls.
Full statement 👇🏽. 1/ 🧵
southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/our-dec...
Are you a qualified woman family lawyer? Join Rights of Women as a Legal Officer (Family & Criminal Law) to make a difference by driving change, specialist legal advice delivery and supporting women affected by domestic abuse & VAWG.
Apply by 5 Feb 2026
🔗 www.rightsofwomen.org.uk/about-us/joi...
Apply by 5 Feb 2026
🔗 www.rightsofwomen.org.uk/about-us/joi...
Join our team - Rights of Women
www.rightsofwomen.org.uk
January 15, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Are you a qualified woman family lawyer? Join Rights of Women as a Legal Officer (Family & Criminal Law) to make a difference by driving change, specialist legal advice delivery and supporting women affected by domestic abuse & VAWG.
Apply by 5 Feb 2026
🔗 www.rightsofwomen.org.uk/about-us/joi...
Apply by 5 Feb 2026
🔗 www.rightsofwomen.org.uk/about-us/joi...
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The government is consulting on their planned changes to settlement in the UK, known as “earned settlement”. We’re very concerned about the impact on our communities.
📚We’ve shared a guide to explain the questions, impacts, and how to respond.
The consultation closes 12 Feb 2026, share your voice!
📚We’ve shared a guide to explain the questions, impacts, and how to respond.
The consultation closes 12 Feb 2026, share your voice!
GMIAU guide to the earned settlement consultation - GMIAU
Our guide to the government's consultation on "Earned Settlement". The consultation closes on the 12th February 2026.
gmiau.org
January 14, 2026 at 2:36 PM
The government is consulting on their planned changes to settlement in the UK, known as “earned settlement”. We’re very concerned about the impact on our communities.
📚We’ve shared a guide to explain the questions, impacts, and how to respond.
The consultation closes 12 Feb 2026, share your voice!
📚We’ve shared a guide to explain the questions, impacts, and how to respond.
The consultation closes 12 Feb 2026, share your voice!
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In light of X’s failure to address the use of Grok to perpetrate tech-facilitated abuse, we have made the decision to cease using the platform outside of signposting to our Live Fear Free Helpline.
Our full statement can be found here:
welshwomensaid.org.uk/news/welsh-w...
Our full statement can be found here:
welshwomensaid.org.uk/news/welsh-w...
January 14, 2026 at 4:56 PM
In light of X’s failure to address the use of Grok to perpetrate tech-facilitated abuse, we have made the decision to cease using the platform outside of signposting to our Live Fear Free Helpline.
Our full statement can be found here:
welshwomensaid.org.uk/news/welsh-w...
Our full statement can be found here:
welshwomensaid.org.uk/news/welsh-w...
We are delighted to be celebrating this collaborative campaign win. From today, following the success of #KeepCounsellingConfidential, the police must better respect the rights of survivors of sexual violence and recognise the privacy and dignity to which they are entitled.
January 12, 2026 at 1:39 PM
We are delighted to be celebrating this collaborative campaign win. From today, following the success of #KeepCounsellingConfidential, the police must better respect the rights of survivors of sexual violence and recognise the privacy and dignity to which they are entitled.
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No one should have to worry about their photos being deepfaked.
Tech companies must be held accountable for enabling and profiting from this abuse.
Ofcom’s violence against women and girls guidance must be made a mandatory code of practice, with consequences for non-compliance.
Tech companies must be held accountable for enabling and profiting from this abuse.
Ofcom’s violence against women and girls guidance must be made a mandatory code of practice, with consequences for non-compliance.
January 7, 2026 at 8:49 PM
No one should have to worry about their photos being deepfaked.
Tech companies must be held accountable for enabling and profiting from this abuse.
Ofcom’s violence against women and girls guidance must be made a mandatory code of practice, with consequences for non-compliance.
Tech companies must be held accountable for enabling and profiting from this abuse.
Ofcom’s violence against women and girls guidance must be made a mandatory code of practice, with consequences for non-compliance.
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🚨 We’re hiring!
Passionate about justice for Black, minoritised & migrant women? Join our team & make real change.
✨ Media & Comms Officer (apply by 11 Jan)
✨ Training Officer (apply by 11 Jan)
✨ Senior Immigration Solicitor (rolling)
👉🏾 Apply: southallblacksisters.org.uk/get-involved...
Passionate about justice for Black, minoritised & migrant women? Join our team & make real change.
✨ Media & Comms Officer (apply by 11 Jan)
✨ Training Officer (apply by 11 Jan)
✨ Senior Immigration Solicitor (rolling)
👉🏾 Apply: southallblacksisters.org.uk/get-involved...
Work with us - Southall Black Sisters
We have secured critical reforms that have advanced the cause of gender equality, justice, and human rights for Black and minoritised women through our advocacy, advice, policy and lobbying work - but...
southallblacksisters.org.uk
January 9, 2026 at 12:12 PM
🚨 We’re hiring!
Passionate about justice for Black, minoritised & migrant women? Join our team & make real change.
✨ Media & Comms Officer (apply by 11 Jan)
✨ Training Officer (apply by 11 Jan)
✨ Senior Immigration Solicitor (rolling)
👉🏾 Apply: southallblacksisters.org.uk/get-involved...
Passionate about justice for Black, minoritised & migrant women? Join our team & make real change.
✨ Media & Comms Officer (apply by 11 Jan)
✨ Training Officer (apply by 11 Jan)
✨ Senior Immigration Solicitor (rolling)
👉🏾 Apply: southallblacksisters.org.uk/get-involved...
Today, in a horrifying act, an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, an unarmed Minneapolis mother.
We join elected officials of conscience calling for ICE to get out of our cities and communities. The violence must stop.
We join elected officials of conscience calling for ICE to get out of our cities and communities. The violence must stop.
January 8, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Say her name. Renee Nicole Good.
We recognise the profound significance of the killing of Renee Nicole Good.
As a women’s legal rights charity, we stand in global solidarity with women, legal observers & communities confronting state violence & overreach in the context of immigration enforcement.
We recognise the profound significance of the killing of Renee Nicole Good.
As a women’s legal rights charity, we stand in global solidarity with women, legal observers & communities confronting state violence & overreach in the context of immigration enforcement.
January 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Say her name. Renee Nicole Good.
We recognise the profound significance of the killing of Renee Nicole Good.
As a women’s legal rights charity, we stand in global solidarity with women, legal observers & communities confronting state violence & overreach in the context of immigration enforcement.
We recognise the profound significance of the killing of Renee Nicole Good.
As a women’s legal rights charity, we stand in global solidarity with women, legal observers & communities confronting state violence & overreach in the context of immigration enforcement.
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📢New report: The right to protest faces its most serious assault in decades, as sweeping new laws hand police ever greater powers to suppress dissent.
JUSTICE calls for Crime and Policing Bill to be paused to prevent further erosion of democracy. (1/9)
JUSTICE calls for Crime and Policing Bill to be paused to prevent further erosion of democracy. (1/9)
January 8, 2026 at 10:09 AM
📢New report: The right to protest faces its most serious assault in decades, as sweeping new laws hand police ever greater powers to suppress dissent.
JUSTICE calls for Crime and Policing Bill to be paused to prevent further erosion of democracy. (1/9)
JUSTICE calls for Crime and Policing Bill to be paused to prevent further erosion of democracy. (1/9)
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🚨 The Government's long-awaited Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy was released today.
Here's the good, the bad, and the ugly. 👇
www.refugeewomen.co.uk/vawg-strategy/ 1/🧵
Here's the good, the bad, and the ugly. 👇
www.refugeewomen.co.uk/vawg-strategy/ 1/🧵
Women for Refugee Women - Women for Refugee Women’s Statement on the Government’s VAWG Strategy: Leaving Refugee Women Behind
The Government's VAWG strategy leaves refugee women behind. Until the Government acknowledges that its own hostile asylum policies perpetuate and exacerbate violence against refugee and asylum-seeking...
www.refugeewomen.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
🚨 The Government's long-awaited Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy was released today.
Here's the good, the bad, and the ugly. 👇
www.refugeewomen.co.uk/vawg-strategy/ 1/🧵
Here's the good, the bad, and the ugly. 👇
www.refugeewomen.co.uk/vawg-strategy/ 1/🧵
We are delighted that Andrea Simon will be the next London Victims’ Commissioner. Her leadership at @evawuk.bsky.social has been remarkable.
We have no doubt she will be a skilled & compassionate advocate for victims. A great appointment to such an important role.
#LondonVictimsCommissioner
We have no doubt she will be a skilled & compassionate advocate for victims. A great appointment to such an important role.
#LondonVictimsCommissioner
📣 EVAW's Director to be next London Victims' Commissioner
Andrea Simon, who has led our Coalition since 2021, has been appointed the next Victims Commissioner for London and will officially take up her post on 1st March 2026.
Andrea Simon, who has led our Coalition since 2021, has been appointed the next Victims Commissioner for London and will officially take up her post on 1st March 2026.
Andrea Simon announced as new victims' commissioner for London
The new commissioner takes up the role after five years as director of End Violence Against Women.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We are delighted that Andrea Simon will be the next London Victims’ Commissioner. Her leadership at @evawuk.bsky.social has been remarkable.
We have no doubt she will be a skilled & compassionate advocate for victims. A great appointment to such an important role.
#LondonVictimsCommissioner
We have no doubt she will be a skilled & compassionate advocate for victims. A great appointment to such an important role.
#LondonVictimsCommissioner
🌟 The passing of the Employment Rights Act is a vital step towards safer workplaces for women.
Stronger duties to prevent sexual harassment, longer tribunal time limits, better protection for whistleblowers and limits on NDAs all move us closer to cultures of dignity and accountability.
#VAWG
Stronger duties to prevent sexual harassment, longer tribunal time limits, better protection for whistleblowers and limits on NDAs all move us closer to cultures of dignity and accountability.
#VAWG
December 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🌟 The passing of the Employment Rights Act is a vital step towards safer workplaces for women.
Stronger duties to prevent sexual harassment, longer tribunal time limits, better protection for whistleblowers and limits on NDAs all move us closer to cultures of dignity and accountability.
#VAWG
Stronger duties to prevent sexual harassment, longer tribunal time limits, better protection for whistleblowers and limits on NDAs all move us closer to cultures of dignity and accountability.
#VAWG