Silenced Women: Why The Law Fails Women and How to Fight Back
Jennifer Robinson · Keina Yoshida
Feb 2023 · Endeavour · Narrated by Casey Withoos
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'INCREDIBLE. If you read anything this year, make sure it's this.' -DAISY MAY COOPER
'Compelling... brilliant but shaming.' CHERIE BLAIR, KC
'Crucial reading for any person wanting to fight against all forms of gendered abuse.' JESS PHILLIPS, MP
'This book is another brick through the windows of our legal systems: a brilliant, trenchant analysis of what is wrong with the law.' HELENA KENNEDY, KC
'A clear-eyed and damning indictment of the criminal justice system.... the writing is engaging and gripping.' IRISH TIMES
We are in a crucial moment: women are breaking through the cultural reticence around gender-based violence. But just as survivors have begun to feel empowered to speak out, a new form of systematic silencing has made itself more evident: rich and powerful men are using teams of lawyers to suppress allegations and prevent newspaper stories from running. Individual women, advocacy groups and journalists find themselves fighting against censorship.
The law is being wielded to reinforce the status quo of silence that existed before #MeToo.
If women cannot speak about their abuse - and journalists are fearful of telling their stories - then how can we understand the problem of gender-based violence in our society? And how can we even begin to end it?
In How Many More Women? internationally-acclaimed human rights lawyers, Jennifer Robinson and Keina Yoshida, examine the broken systems and explore the changes needed in order to ensure that women's freedom, including their freedom of speech, is no longer threatened by the laws that are supposed to protect them.
'Compelling... brilliant but shaming.' CHERIE BLAIR, KC
'Crucial reading for any person wanting to fight against all forms of gendered abuse.' JESS PHILLIPS, MP
'This book is another brick through the windows of our legal systems: a brilliant, trenchant analysis of what is wrong with the law.' HELENA KENNEDY, KC
'A clear-eyed and damning indictment of the criminal justice system.... the writing is engaging and gripping.' IRISH TIMES
We are in a crucial moment: women are breaking through the cultural reticence around gender-based violence. But just as survivors have begun to feel empowered to speak out, a new form of systematic silencing has made itself more evident: rich and powerful men are using teams of lawyers to suppress allegations and prevent newspaper stories from running. Individual women, advocacy groups and journalists find themselves fighting against censorship.
The law is being wielded to reinforce the status quo of silence that existed before #MeToo.
If women cannot speak about their abuse - and journalists are fearful of telling their stories - then how can we understand the problem of gender-based violence in our society? And how can we even begin to end it?
In How Many More Women? internationally-acclaimed human rights lawyers, Jennifer Robinson and Keina Yoshida, examine the broken systems and explore the changes needed in order to ensure that women's freedom, including their freedom of speech, is no longer threatened by the laws that are supposed to protect them.
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Jennifer Robinson (Author)
Jennifer Robinson is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers in London. Jennifer has represented survivors, journalists, media organisations, advocacy and frontline services organisations on free speech and media law issues. Her clients have included the BBC, the New York Times, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. She has advised high-profile women who have spoken out about their experience of gender-based violence, including Rose McGowan and Amber Heard, and assisted journalists to break #MeToo stories. Jennifer has given expert evidence at the UN and appeared in cases before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and regional human rights courts. Jennifer has written for a wide range of publications, including the Guardian, Huffington Post, Al Jazeera, Sydney Morning Herald and Vogue.
Keina Yoshida (Author)
Dr Keina Yoshida is a human rights barrister at Doughty Street Chambers in London. Keina has represented victims and survivors of abuse in different legal proceedings, including in judicial reviews and in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. Keina is also an academic at the Centre for Women, Peace and Security at the LSE and sits on the editorial board of the journal Feminist Legal Studies. Keina's publications include Feminist Conversations on Peace (Bristol University Press, 2022) as well as academic journal articles in the European Human Rights Law Review, Human Rights Quarterly and International Affairs.
Jennifer Robinson is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers in London. Jennifer has represented survivors, journalists, media organisations, advocacy and frontline services organisations on free speech and media law issues. Her clients have included the BBC, the New York Times, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. She has advised high-profile women who have spoken out about their experience of gender-based violence, including Rose McGowan and Amber Heard, and assisted journalists to break #MeToo stories. Jennifer has given expert evidence at the UN and appeared in cases before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and regional human rights courts. Jennifer has written for a wide range of publications, including the Guardian, Huffington Post, Al Jazeera, Sydney Morning Herald and Vogue.
Keina Yoshida (Author)
Dr Keina Yoshida is a human rights barrister at Doughty Street Chambers in London. Keina has represented victims and survivors of abuse in different legal proceedings, including in judicial reviews and in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. Keina is also an academic at the Centre for Women, Peace and Security at the LSE and sits on the editorial board of the journal Feminist Legal Studies. Keina's publications include Feminist Conversations on Peace (Bristol University Press, 2022) as well as academic journal articles in the European Human Rights Law Review, Human Rights Quarterly and International Affairs.
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