Jen Ang
@jena.ng
Human rights lawyer l Optimist
🏕️ https://linktr.ee/jenanglaw
🏕️ https://linktr.ee/jenanglaw
This is Andrew. Today is the 8th anniversary of our first date, and this is where we first met.
That day, Andrew’s honesty, sincerity and brilliant wit shone through. It took me another 7 years to fully appreciate his selflessness, unerring sense of justice and fierce loyalty to those he loves.
That day, Andrew’s honesty, sincerity and brilliant wit shone through. It took me another 7 years to fully appreciate his selflessness, unerring sense of justice and fierce loyalty to those he loves.
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This is Andrew. Today is the 8th anniversary of our first date, and this is where we first met.
That day, Andrew’s honesty, sincerity and brilliant wit shone through. It took me another 7 years to fully appreciate his selflessness, unerring sense of justice and fierce loyalty to those he loves.
That day, Andrew’s honesty, sincerity and brilliant wit shone through. It took me another 7 years to fully appreciate his selflessness, unerring sense of justice and fierce loyalty to those he loves.
Leadership is not just about policy; it is about setting an example in every community…where communities are resourced, solidarity grows 🌱 - Dr @SabirZazai.bsky.social
🎉 Happy 40th Anniversary @ScotRefugeeCouncil.bsky.social 🎈
#AyeWelcomeRefugees 🧡
#TogetherWithRefugees
#NewScots #UntilWeAllBelong
🎉 Happy 40th Anniversary @ScotRefugeeCouncil.bsky.social 🎈
#AyeWelcomeRefugees 🧡
#TogetherWithRefugees
#NewScots #UntilWeAllBelong
November 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Leadership is not just about policy; it is about setting an example in every community…where communities are resourced, solidarity grows 🌱 - Dr @SabirZazai.bsky.social
🎉 Happy 40th Anniversary @ScotRefugeeCouncil.bsky.social 🎈
#AyeWelcomeRefugees 🧡
#TogetherWithRefugees
#NewScots #UntilWeAllBelong
🎉 Happy 40th Anniversary @ScotRefugeeCouncil.bsky.social 🎈
#AyeWelcomeRefugees 🧡
#TogetherWithRefugees
#NewScots #UntilWeAllBelong
🤝🏾 We are at our best when we offer empathy over apathy, compassion over cruelty 🧡 @HumzaYousaf.bsky.social
🚪 When we open our doors, we also open possibilities ✨ Catherine ✨
🏴 Scotland is and will remain a diverse, multicultural society - Minister @KaukabStewart.bsky.social
🚪 When we open our doors, we also open possibilities ✨ Catherine ✨
🏴 Scotland is and will remain a diverse, multicultural society - Minister @KaukabStewart.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
🤝🏾 We are at our best when we offer empathy over apathy, compassion over cruelty 🧡 @HumzaYousaf.bsky.social
🚪 When we open our doors, we also open possibilities ✨ Catherine ✨
🏴 Scotland is and will remain a diverse, multicultural society - Minister @KaukabStewart.bsky.social
🚪 When we open our doors, we also open possibilities ✨ Catherine ✨
🏴 Scotland is and will remain a diverse, multicultural society - Minister @KaukabStewart.bsky.social
👋🏽 Today is a good day for this reminder👇🏽
“We need leaders not in love with money, but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity, but in love with humanity.” #MartinLutherKingJr, St Louis, 10 April 1957
Read his speech in full 👉🏽 bit.ly/3LHU3bA
“We need leaders not in love with money, but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity, but in love with humanity.” #MartinLutherKingJr, St Louis, 10 April 1957
Read his speech in full 👉🏽 bit.ly/3LHU3bA
November 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
👋🏽 Today is a good day for this reminder👇🏽
“We need leaders not in love with money, but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity, but in love with humanity.” #MartinLutherKingJr, St Louis, 10 April 1957
Read his speech in full 👉🏽 bit.ly/3LHU3bA
“We need leaders not in love with money, but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity, but in love with humanity.” #MartinLutherKingJr, St Louis, 10 April 1957
Read his speech in full 👉🏽 bit.ly/3LHU3bA
🪧 Are you part of a #grassroots or community organising movement in #Scotland? 🗣️ Opinionated, much?
The brilliant @katenevens.bsky.social, Iffat Shahnaz and Megan McHaney are researching what you need to ✨thrive✨ for @jrf-uk.bsky.social
📢 Have your say: www.surveymonkey.com/r/26CCL2P
The brilliant @katenevens.bsky.social, Iffat Shahnaz and Megan McHaney are researching what you need to ✨thrive✨ for @jrf-uk.bsky.social
📢 Have your say: www.surveymonkey.com/r/26CCL2P
October 31, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🪧 Are you part of a #grassroots or community organising movement in #Scotland? 🗣️ Opinionated, much?
The brilliant @katenevens.bsky.social, Iffat Shahnaz and Megan McHaney are researching what you need to ✨thrive✨ for @jrf-uk.bsky.social
📢 Have your say: www.surveymonkey.com/r/26CCL2P
The brilliant @katenevens.bsky.social, Iffat Shahnaz and Megan McHaney are researching what you need to ✨thrive✨ for @jrf-uk.bsky.social
📢 Have your say: www.surveymonkey.com/r/26CCL2P
This is the office microwave - can someone talk me through the logic - we reheat “curry, Chinese, and pasta” but we cook “jacket potatoes, fresh vegetables and fresh fish”
Like how limited is the cultural and culinary range of this theoretical microwave user? 🤷🏻♀️
Like how limited is the cultural and culinary range of this theoretical microwave user? 🤷🏻♀️
October 31, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This is the office microwave - can someone talk me through the logic - we reheat “curry, Chinese, and pasta” but we cook “jacket potatoes, fresh vegetables and fresh fish”
Like how limited is the cultural and culinary range of this theoretical microwave user? 🤷🏻♀️
Like how limited is the cultural and culinary range of this theoretical microwave user? 🤷🏻♀️
#DecriminaliseAbortionScotland #Abortion #Scotland #Decriminalise #ReproductiveRights #LetsChangeTheAct #OutdatedAbortionLaw @lawmanity.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Brilliant sunny day in #Edinburgh for #ScotlandDemandsBetter 🏴with friends, family and Women Against the Far Right Scotland x @justrightscotland.org.uk ✊🏾❤️
October 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Brilliant sunny day in #Edinburgh for #ScotlandDemandsBetter 🏴with friends, family and Women Against the Far Right Scotland x @justrightscotland.org.uk ✊🏾❤️
October 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
🕵🏽 Looking for a legal traineeship in the UK? Want to ✨make a real difference✨ by using #law to challenge injustice and #inequality?
Read Rosa Grenfell's blog on her #JusticeFirstFellowship at @justrightscotland.org.uk and apply for LEF 2026 opportunities here 👉🏽 lef.org.uk/justice-firs...
Read Rosa Grenfell's blog on her #JusticeFirstFellowship at @justrightscotland.org.uk and apply for LEF 2026 opportunities here 👉🏽 lef.org.uk/justice-firs...
October 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🕵🏽 Looking for a legal traineeship in the UK? Want to ✨make a real difference✨ by using #law to challenge injustice and #inequality?
Read Rosa Grenfell's blog on her #JusticeFirstFellowship at @justrightscotland.org.uk and apply for LEF 2026 opportunities here 👉🏽 lef.org.uk/justice-firs...
Read Rosa Grenfell's blog on her #JusticeFirstFellowship at @justrightscotland.org.uk and apply for LEF 2026 opportunities here 👉🏽 lef.org.uk/justice-firs...
My heart is full today 💜 as I join 200+ brave, thoughtful & determined women in #Scotland to challenge far right claims that their divisive and racist solutions are necessary to protect women & girls
✍🏽 “We believe in a society where all women are safe, supported and free from abuse”
✍🏽 “We believe in a society where all women are safe, supported and free from abuse”
September 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
My heart is full today 💜 as I join 200+ brave, thoughtful & determined women in #Scotland to challenge far right claims that their divisive and racist solutions are necessary to protect women & girls
✍🏽 “We believe in a society where all women are safe, supported and free from abuse”
✍🏽 “We believe in a society where all women are safe, supported and free from abuse”
🎤 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
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
Just found this baggie of joy in my desk drawer, and unreal how happy this made me 😁 🙌🏽
#JellyBelly #Jellybeans #SaturdayWorkingNotWorking
#JellyBelly #Jellybeans #SaturdayWorkingNotWorking
August 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Just found this baggie of joy in my desk drawer, and unreal how happy this made me 😁 🙌🏽
#JellyBelly #Jellybeans #SaturdayWorkingNotWorking
#JellyBelly #Jellybeans #SaturdayWorkingNotWorking
🎤 Like all new skills, learning to podcast has been scary, humbling ... and also a lot of fun!
We now have 17 interviews in the bag for the @lawmanity.com 2025/26 season
🎧 Check us out: pnc.st/s/lawmanity
Huge thanks to @halinarifai.com for guidance and to Natalia Uribe for producing the show!
We now have 17 interviews in the bag for the @lawmanity.com 2025/26 season
🎧 Check us out: pnc.st/s/lawmanity
Huge thanks to @halinarifai.com for guidance and to Natalia Uribe for producing the show!
August 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
🎤 Like all new skills, learning to podcast has been scary, humbling ... and also a lot of fun!
We now have 17 interviews in the bag for the @lawmanity.com 2025/26 season
🎧 Check us out: pnc.st/s/lawmanity
Huge thanks to @halinarifai.com for guidance and to Natalia Uribe for producing the show!
We now have 17 interviews in the bag for the @lawmanity.com 2025/26 season
🎧 Check us out: pnc.st/s/lawmanity
Huge thanks to @halinarifai.com for guidance and to Natalia Uribe for producing the show!
July 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Today’s task: standing against racism and fascism in #Edinburgh ✊🏾 to make sure - once again - that any fascist who takes to the streets in #Scotland will be outnumbered, outwitted and definitely out-danced by the glorious people who protest against them! 👏🏽 💃 🥁
#WeAreAllPalestinians #BellaCiao
#WeAreAllPalestinians #BellaCiao
May 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Today’s task: standing against racism and fascism in #Edinburgh ✊🏾 to make sure - once again - that any fascist who takes to the streets in #Scotland will be outnumbered, outwitted and definitely out-danced by the glorious people who protest against them! 👏🏽 💃 🥁
#WeAreAllPalestinians #BellaCiao
#WeAreAllPalestinians #BellaCiao
Thanks to @king_mountaineering and @hillgoers for a brilliant two days in the #Inverlael #Munros to bag Seana Braigh (third time lucky!) and Am Faochagach ⛰️
#Scotland #MunroBagging #HappyPlace #OnTopOfTheWorld
#Scotland #MunroBagging #HappyPlace #OnTopOfTheWorld
May 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Thanks to @king_mountaineering and @hillgoers for a brilliant two days in the #Inverlael #Munros to bag Seana Braigh (third time lucky!) and Am Faochagach ⛰️
#Scotland #MunroBagging #HappyPlace #OnTopOfTheWorld
#Scotland #MunroBagging #HappyPlace #OnTopOfTheWorld
In reply to Keir Starmer's harmful (and hurtful) immigration proposals this week, here's a blog from the archives 🎈
TLDR:
✋🏽Don't let other people define your fears
🫱🏼🫲🏾Take actions to reduce fear in others
📣Call it out, and talk about the real change we need to see
www.linkedin.com/pulse/politi...
TLDR:
✋🏽Don't let other people define your fears
🫱🏼🫲🏾Take actions to reduce fear in others
📣Call it out, and talk about the real change we need to see
www.linkedin.com/pulse/politi...
May 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
In reply to Keir Starmer's harmful (and hurtful) immigration proposals this week, here's a blog from the archives 🎈
TLDR:
✋🏽Don't let other people define your fears
🫱🏼🫲🏾Take actions to reduce fear in others
📣Call it out, and talk about the real change we need to see
www.linkedin.com/pulse/politi...
TLDR:
✋🏽Don't let other people define your fears
🫱🏼🫲🏾Take actions to reduce fear in others
📣Call it out, and talk about the real change we need to see
www.linkedin.com/pulse/politi...
🙌🏽 This week, the Baring Foundation asked me to share five key moments in #law x social change in #Scotland in the last five years, and to identify five opportunities for govt + civil society to take action in the next five years
🗞️Read the blog here: baringfoundation.org.uk/blog-post/sc...
🗞️Read the blog here: baringfoundation.org.uk/blog-post/sc...
May 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🙌🏽 This week, the Baring Foundation asked me to share five key moments in #law x social change in #Scotland in the last five years, and to identify five opportunities for govt + civil society to take action in the next five years
🗞️Read the blog here: baringfoundation.org.uk/blog-post/sc...
🗞️Read the blog here: baringfoundation.org.uk/blog-post/sc...
Happy Mother’s Day 🌹 to all you strong and loving mums, step-mums, grandmums and chosen mums out there!
A bit of 🔥 from @messinabottle
#messinabottle #blackowned #smallbusiness #genius
A bit of 🔥 from @messinabottle
#messinabottle #blackowned #smallbusiness #genius
May 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Happy Mother’s Day 🌹 to all you strong and loving mums, step-mums, grandmums and chosen mums out there!
A bit of 🔥 from @messinabottle
#messinabottle #blackowned #smallbusiness #genius
A bit of 🔥 from @messinabottle
#messinabottle #blackowned #smallbusiness #genius
Such a joy to celebrate #EuropeDay in #Scotland with old friends and new 🏴🇪🇺 who continue to stand up for #EUCitizen rights in the UK ✊🏾
Particularly honoured to chair a @citzrights.bsky.social panel on “double discrimination” 🚫 faced by racialised EU citizens in the UK immigration system 🛂
Particularly honoured to chair a @citzrights.bsky.social panel on “double discrimination” 🚫 faced by racialised EU citizens in the UK immigration system 🛂
May 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Such a joy to celebrate #EuropeDay in #Scotland with old friends and new 🏴🇪🇺 who continue to stand up for #EUCitizen rights in the UK ✊🏾
Particularly honoured to chair a @citzrights.bsky.social panel on “double discrimination” 🚫 faced by racialised EU citizens in the UK immigration system 🛂
Particularly honoured to chair a @citzrights.bsky.social panel on “double discrimination” 🚫 faced by racialised EU citizens in the UK immigration system 🛂
This week, the Long View shares some straight-to-the-heart inspiration from her trip to the US, a brief excerpt from "A letter to a young activist during troubled times" by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés ⛵
www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-mad...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-mad...
May 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This week, the Long View shares some straight-to-the-heart inspiration from her trip to the US, a brief excerpt from "A letter to a young activist during troubled times" by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés ⛵
www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-mad...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-mad...
