FemSoc FIELD TRIP: Holding the state account on Violence Against Women Confrence in Manchester Met University

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Liverpool Hope Feminist Society Invite you to a field trip to Manchester Metripolitan University's business school for : Holding the State to account on violence against women: A new Centre for Women's Justice event convened by the Sylvia Pankhurst Gender Research Centre at Manchester Met.

COST: £5 FOR STUDENTS! (BUY TICKETS HERE!)

We Can meet up and all travel together, very cheap train tickets to Manchester can be bought in advance via The Tainline

A day of discussion, ideas and debate, followed by a launch party bringing together feminist activists, survivors, frontline practitioners with lawyers, academics and journalists to explore ways of using the law to challenge and redress violence against women and girls.

This event is supported by the Baring Foundation and the Sylvia Pankhurst Gender Research Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Timetable:

10.30am-11.00am: Registration and coffee

Opening discussion and panel:

11.00am-11.15am: Welcome from Dr Kate Cook, Head of the Sylvia Pankhurst Gender Research Centre and introduction from Harriet Wistrich, founding director, Centre for Women’s Justice.

11.15am-12.15pm: 

The Lawyers - legal challenges around violence against women and girls

Chaired by Marcia Willis-Stewart - Birnberg Peirce and Partners – lead solicitor for seventy seven at the recent Hillsborough Inquest.

Panel:

Sarah Ricca:  solicitor from Deighton, Pierce, Glynn, trustee of Centre for Women’s Justice, specialising in civil litigation against the state and particular expertise in holding the state to account around domestic homicide.

Ruth Bundey: solicitor and partner at Harrison Bundey in Leeds. With 36 years experience as a criminal defence and inquest lawyer in Chapeltown, Leeds.

Richard Scorer: founder member of Association of Child Abuse Lawyers, expert on litigation around institutionalised child sex abuse and child sexual exploitation in Rochdale.

12.15pm - 1.15pm

The Academics - chaired by Dr Kate Cook (Manchester Law School)

Panel:

Dr Helen Monk: Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Crime, Criminalisation and Social Exclusion (CCSE) at Liverpool John Moores University.

Professor Jalna Hamner, retired Professor of women's studies, researcher since the early 1980s in domestic violence and other forms of violence against women.

Sarah Woodhouse, Principal solicitor at University of Liverpool Law Clinic.

1.15 - 2.15pm: Lunch

2.15-3.30pm: The Frontline - Chaired by Sasha Deepwell, trustee at Centre for Women’s Justice

Panel:

Sandhya Sharma, Safety4Sisters (S4S); S4S has worked for and with migrant women experiencing abuse, since 2009.

Sandra McNeill: lifelong feminist activist and campaigner on violence against women.

Alison Boydell: ISVA at SARSVL, co-founder of End Online Misogyny and co-founder of JURIES, the campaign to introduce mandatory briefings of juries in rape and sexual abuse trials.

Fiona Broadfoot: prostitution survivor, campaigner and educator, founder and founder of ‘Build a Girl’.

3.30pm - 5.00pm: Tea and workshops, diving into interest areas to discuss 

5pm- 6pm: Plenary: Ideas for future collaborations and challenges with feedback from workshops and additional contributions from:

Estelle du Boulay: Director of Rights of Women

Sally Chesworth: Producer of BBC Radio 4's File on 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live Investigates.

Sonia Birdee - Barrister and volunteer with Greater Manchester Law Centre

6.30pm-8.00pm: Launch party

Introduction from Harriet Wistrich - CWJ

Julie Bindel - feminist campaigner and journalist

Music from WAST Choir