Teresa 💜🌹💛 ⚖️ 🔥🙏🏻💜

The cost to individuals and society as a whole is horrendous

(1/2) Natalie Page, director of Survivor Family Network and report author, exposes a pattern of violence that stretches from the battlefield to the bedroom. Her dossier of 52 harrowing cases reveals military wives tortured using combat techniques.

"I was up against an institution in family court" Samantha's* horrifying story about how the army supported her abuser in family court. Its a pattern. The battlefield extends to the home and all systems survivors need for safety. Unpacking the "Brass Pass" on Woman’s Hour today

Today the @DailyMail published the findings of my two-year investigation "The Brass Pass" into the hidden epidemic of domestic abuse suffered by military wives and girlfriends. A dossier of 52 cases reveals torture by Army men against their wives.

@theDAsolicitor I've witnessed some very questionable practice over the years. Dark and disturbing

What is going on with the amount of family lawyers on TikTok… Really concerned with some of what I am seeing. Incorrect and potentially dangerous advice being given out about special measures by one - another one gives advice to “Dads” to effectively evidence disguised compliance and manipulation as a tickbox exercise whilst in Court, never mind safety of Mum and child when the case is over, but at the same time runs a “DV programme” Make it make sense.

Assisted dying bill: thread 1. The most common predictors that a homicide had been staged as something else: the victim is suffering domestic abuse; the homicide is staged as a suicide; the controlling partner finds the body or is at the scene. This is research.

I’m really delighted to share that I am to be appointed King’s Counsel. To quote the very exciting letter I received yesterday: “I am pleased to be writing to you on behalf of the Lord Chancellor, The Right Honourable Shabana Mahmood MP, to let you know that The King has approved her recommendation that you should be appointed one of His Majesty’s Counsel.” Thank you to everyone who has helped me along the way, including my wonderful colleagues, clerks, clients and family. A hearty congratulations to the other 104 new silks. The provisional date for the appointment is 24 March. kcappointments.org/wp-content/upl…

The order always seemed to me to be wrong, and the judgment justifying it a little odd, so this sounds like the right result

Some of England's biggest privately-run children's homes have raked in more than £95 million in profit in the past three years, reports the Mail on Sunday. thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/…

@nataliepage @jessphillips 💯

It's this kind of daily work that doesn't ever get seen or acknowledged but makes a big difference to people's lives. @jessphillips is one of the only MPs who has consistently turned up and stood up for victims over the years.

This is an absolutely shocking decision by the government Women affected by changes to the state pension age will not receive compensation, Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has announced today

@SheraFamily @AndrewCicchett1 💔 🙏🏻 😪

I am very concerned by the increasing onslaught on women-specific language, which seeks to erase the reality of womanhood itself and deny its innate and sex-related specificity. A number of influential media outlets, organizations, academic and health institutions, and experts are complicit in what can only be described as a new form of #ViolenceAgainstWomen. It must be stated that words such as "non-transgender women”, "cis women" and the like do not reflect any UN- or otherwise internationally-agreed standards. I call on media and all stakeholders to uphold the dignity of women and respect their human rights.

Hidden in plain sight: The lobby group restricting rights in Latin America 👇 opendemocracy.net/en/afi-guatema…

@abuse_strong @LDNVictimsComm It has to be a voluntary process for it to really be meaningful. I'm sorry to hear that you're being denied the opportunity 😔

@LDNVictimsComm Not true!.I'm denied rj.&perpetrator can choose,so say no,which,when an abuser,still keeps him in control.If abuse victim wants rj,perp should have to sit there,listen re his crimes&4ever impact,&NOTbe given any choice-so putUSback in control.Abuse victims more than any, need rj

Victims have the right to be informed about & take part in #RestorativeJustice after experiencing a crime - if appropriate. RJ empowers victims to use their voice to explain how they feel & means offenders must listen to the person they’ve impacted. This #RJWeek, learn more here:

@HarrietSergeant I've been horrified at the lack of basic understanding of the importance of pain management in in-patient settings I hope it's resolved soon 🙏🏻

I’m at the nurses’ station in a top London NHS hospital for the third time. It’s late. My partner is in pain. The ward’s not busy. But no one can be bothered to give him pain relief. Dear Wes, I admire your gutsy approach to NHS reform. But how do you make NHS staff care?

@shadows_control 💯

It’s incredibly difficult to accept that our abuser’s actions are deliberate and within their control. We want to believe there is a lack of awareness about the harm they’re causing. However, the reality is that if they know to hide their actions, they understand it’s wrong. If they can control their behavior around others, it shows they are fully aware of what they are doing. Coming to terms with this truth is one of the hardest realizations to face.

Stop the family farm tax whatlaboursaid.com/stop-the-famil…

@SexMattersOrg @Telegraph 😳

FRONT PAGE: NHS trans clinic ignores Cass report in favour of #WPATH @Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/1…

Care homes are just another profit centre. Private equity owned 150 UK care homes sold to US investment company. 2014-2023: 804 out of 816 care homes forcibly closed by regulator for poor care were corporate owned. Yet govt obsessed with privatisation. theguardian.com/business/2024/…