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Right to Equality

@Right2Equality

Campaigning to change sexist and discriminatory laws against women | Repealing the Presumption of Parental Involvement | Family Courts and Domestic Abuse |

Joined January 2022
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We’re beyond proud to be awarded Not-for-Profit Organisation of the Year for our role in the campaign to repeal the presumption of parental involvement in family courts. Women and Diversity in Law Awards 2026 ⭐️ Thank you to everyone who supported our work and to the judges for recognising our fight to transform the system and centre the rights of survivor parents and children. Thank you @BarnettAdrienne @DrProudman Lucy, Allison, Jeri and Nicole 🙌🏼
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What’s your big idea to halve violence against women and girls? The government have pledged to halve violence against women and girls in a decade. We’re asking brilliant minds across politics, law, academia and frontline services how they would really get it done. In this new series’ first episode, Lucy Hayton, our fabulous host and CEO of Right to Equality, is joined by the incredible Dr Charlotte Proudman. youtu.be/CF1km8dbgNo?is=aZdc…
Halve It: Dr Charlotte Proudman

Halve It: Dr Charlotte Proudman

What’s your big idea to halve violence against women and girls? The...

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Russell Brand has been convicted or one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. During the trial, his wife, Laura Brand, told the court, “Russell is a wonderful father to our children.” This is not the first time we have seen the “family man” and “good father” strategy used as a defence in criminal courts and will be a narrative all too familiar to family court survivors. Read more on our blog righttoequality.org/the-good…
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1/ What’s your big idea to halve violence against women and girls? The government have pledged to halve violence against women and girls in a decade. We’re asking brilliant minds across politics, law, academia and frontline services how they would really get it done. In this new series’ first episode, @mslucyhayton, our fabulous host and CEO of Right to Equality, is joined by the incredible @drproudman.
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2/ In this episode, Lucy and Charlotte dig into why the family courts are a frontline in the fight to halve violence against women and girls and Charlotte lays out her bold plan for reform, including a dedicated Family Justice Bill. Listen now on Spotify and Apple podcasts.
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Today the Commons votes on the Courts and Tribunals Bill. Clause 17 repeals the presumption of parental involvement — the only legal presumption about what counts as a child's best interests. Removing it puts children's welfare first. 🧵
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It's known as Jack and Paul's Law, for Claire Throssell MBE's sons — murdered by their father on a court-ordered contact visit. Since the presumption came in, survivors have been forced to keep contact with their abuser; Women's Aid reports 19 more children killed this way.
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(2/2) Behind every case is a mother who found the courage to speak, only to be disbelieved, minimised, or told she must co-parent with the man who abused her. The report lays bare a pro-contact culture.
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(1/2) Sky News aired a family court special exposing what survivors of domestic abuse endure inside a system that too often fails them — and it reflects exactly what we see, day in and day out.
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(1/2) Sky News aired a family court special exposing what survivors of domestic abuse endure inside a system that too often fails them — and it reflects exactly what we see, day in and day out.
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1/2 Our founder, @drproudman, spoke to @skynews this past week and highlighted that the report reflects exactly what she sees in her practice as a family law barrister. Ba
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2/2 @DrProudman also pointed to the ongoing systemic issues with how sexual violence allegations are handled: there isn’t even a definition of rape or consent, meaning there is no consistent application from one judge to the next. We’re grateful to all the victim-survivors who spoke out for this piece, and to the many who continue to speak out for change. Your courage is what moves this fight forward.
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1/ Tina Duggan was 15 when she met Frederick Allchorne, a man ten years older. She says she was held at a house in south London for six years — drugged, raped, and made to go through a marriage ceremony, unaware he was already married. She had her first child at 16. 🧵
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2/ In 1991 she brought her account, hospital records and photographs to police — and was told there wasn't enough evidence. Her case was closed within a fortnight.
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1/ Survivors of domestic abuse are being convicted for unpaid car tax and TV licences through the Single Justice Procedure — magistrates deciding cases alone, on paper, with no hearing and no chance to explain. 🧵
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2/ Court documents show women whose money was controlled by an abusive partner, or who were fleeing an abusive home. They were convicted anyway.
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1/ An international law written to protect children is now being used against them. Under the 1980 Hague Abduction Convention, a mother who flees domestic abuse across a border with her child can be branded an international abductor. 🧵
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2/ The child is often returned within six weeks — with or without her. Ruth Dineen, founder of Hague Mothers, says mothers are disproportionately targeted: ~75% of "taking parents" are mothers, and at least 78% raise allegations of domestic abuse.
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There is still time to nominate someone for the Right to Equality Awards 2026. righttoequality.org/awards-n… Award winners will be selected by an independent review panel and honoured at an awards reception hosted by @MarieTidball MP in Parliament.
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1/ In July 2025, a family court made findings of serious abuse against a father: that he slammed the children's mother to the floor, pushed her stomach when she was five months pregnant, stalked and harassed her, strangled her, and punched her in the face. 🧵
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2/ The court found he was controlling, coercive and violent throughout the relationship. The case concerned two children, aged eight and three, who lived with their mother and had no direct contact with their father.
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(1/2) During a debate on the Representation of the People Bill, @ApsanaBegumMP championed the right of domestic abuse survivors to stand in elections. Her amendments NC58 & NC59 would extend disqualification orders to cover domestic abuse, protecting survivors from perpetrators standing against them. The Govt has committed to reviewing it.
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(2/2) We’re pleased the Govt has listened to @ApsanaBegumMP and the survivors backing these changes, and we urge it to deliver on this commitment as soon as possible. righttoequality.org/protecti…
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(1/4) This summer, our Head of Policy Lucy Hayton was privileged to visit Foundation Lara in Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, alongside Nogah Ofer, Head of Legal Advice at the Centre for Women’s Justice.
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(2/4) Founded in 1998, Foundation Lara provides intensive, holistic support to women and girls who have experienced gender-based abuse, through safe accommodation, counselling and legal support. The foundation is currently working to improve the response to survivors of sexual violence in the north-west of the country.
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(1/4) New clauses to the Representation of the People Bill, tabled by Apsana Begum MP, would strengthen protections for survivors who wish to stand for public office. They reach report stage in the Commons on 2 September.
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(2/4) The problem is specific: when a survivor stands for election, their abuser may stand against them to intimidate, monitor or pursue them through the democratic process.
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“This is not love. It is a crime.” — Salma Hayek Domestic abuse is not a private matter to look past. Every time it’s minimised or reframed as love gone wrong, survivors are left more alone and perpetrators go unchallenged.
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(1/4) If alleged plagiarism can spark national outrage, why does sexual harassment by powerful white professors barely register? Writing in The Independent, @drproudman examines the very different scrutiny faced by academics accused of misconduct. 🧵
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(2/4) Prof Jason Arday was accused of plagiarism, a claim his university had already investigated and cleared. What followed was not scrutiny but a sustained dismantling: his childhood, his autism diagnosis, his charity work, even his running times.
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(1/4) Professor Jason Arday, the youngest ever Black professor at Cambridge, has died aged 41. Help to support his grieving family
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(2/4) He brought international attention to the institutional barriers to education, based on race, ability and economic opportunity. In his final period he faced relentless press and public scrutiny of his credibility, alongside racist abuse.
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