Last week’s quashing of Sally Challen’s conviction for murdering her husband reinforced the idea that it is becoming easier for women to access justice; that domestic abuse is becoming better understood. But while the court of appeal’s ruling was welcome, as the domestic abuse bill was, advocates of women’s rights in the UK are frustrated and alarmed. This week the World Bank reported that only six countries in the world enshrine equal rights in employment law. At the same time rape prosecutions have plummeted, and the incidence of domestic abuse has barely altered in a decade according to Crime Survey data. Three-quarters of all women murdered by men in 2017 were killed by partners or other men they knew.

Source: The Guardian March 07, 2019 18:33 UTC