Feminist Law

For violence against women to be tackled, femicide laws must work in conjunction with prevention and early intervention. Implementing femicide as a criminal offence would send a clear message that efforts are being made to tackle violence against women, and legislators should give the matter serious consideration.

The existence of pornography in today’s society necessarily necessarily limits women's consent and autonomy.

This article discusses how the principles of black feminist theory can encourage women to become barristers in England and Wales

This essay discusses CEDAW's protection of refugee women against sexual and gender-based violence.

The lack of standards or guidelines to adequately regulate the purpose [of the EPA] only allow for exceptions to persist...

This essay argues that identifiable aspects of police culture play a significant role in enabling violence against women.

This article discusses gender bias in technology used to diagnose learning disorders and how the law can help.

This article discusses the consequences of the Dobbs decision in the United States which overturned Roe v Wade.

Introduction The Common Law of England and Wales has evolved for centuries and has overwhelmingly been created by white, upper-class men....

This article highlights the impacts of pornography on society, sexual relationships and its relationship with feminism.

Introduction The Miscarriage Leave Bill was introduced by Angela Crawley MP from the Scottish National Party to guarantee three days of...

Introduction Spiking occurs “when someone puts alcohol or drugs into another person’s drink or their body without their knowledge and/or...

Introduction An area that has seen rapid change and development recently is attitudes towards menstruation and menstrual health. Not very...

The background Deepfake pornography refers to a porn video in which the face or body of the actor(s) has been “digitally altered so that...

This post discusses current issues surrounding how the law will interpret sexual offences in virtual reality and the metaverse.

Introduction Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan in late August 2021, women’s rights around the world have taken a turn for the...

In 2017, Jade McCrossen-Nethercott’s rape case was dropped because it was alleged that she had suffered from an episode of “sexsomnia” at...

Should mothers and fathers be treated the same under the law? Or should they be treated according to sex differences?

Mahsa Amini On September 16th 2022, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died after being arrested for “improperly” wearing her...

In August 2022, Spain adopted a new law to tighten the rules on street harassment, to improve education on the topic in schools and to...