News
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Events In the press
International Womens Day
On International Women’s Day, 8 March 2016, Prof Liz Kelly and Dr Maddy Coy of CWASU attended a reception at Downing Street to celebrate the ongoing work of many women’s organisations. Many of those attending are partners of CWASU in work to end violence against women. Watch the video that was released
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Prizes and awards
Nicola Sharp wins Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship
Nicola Sharp-Jeffs, Research Fellow at CWASU, was chosen from 1,000 candidates to win the prestigious Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship, which involves travelling to the USA and Australia to learn more about how we can help women suffering from financial abuse. Read the full article in The Guardian
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Report launches
Report launch – Prostitution and the Global Sex Trade
Report launch: A report commissioned by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Prostitution and the Global Sex Trade on how to implement the Sex Buyer Law in the UK was launched on Tuesday, 23 February. Dr Maddy Coy from CWASU, co-founder of the Nordic Model Information Network, was appointed as
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In the press
Liz Kelly’s comments in The Guardian on levels of scepticism from police
See Liz Kelly’s comments quoted in The Guardian, 12 February 2016 where she brings extensive research findings to the debate this week concerning appropriate levels of scepticism from the police in following up reports of rape and sexual abuse.
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Events
Susan Brison and Mona Eltahawy speak out at CWASU events
Two successful events with vibrant Q&A sessions hosted by CWASU in December 2015 Outliving Oneself: Surviving Sexual Violence: A conversation between Professor Susan Brison and Professor Liz Kelly Susan Brison is a US philosophy professor who wrote the critically important book Aftermath: Violence and the Remaking of a Self
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In the press
In conversation – Professor Liz Kelly and Dr Anastasia Powell
Professor Liz Kelly CBE, professor of Sexualised Violence and co-chair of the End Violence against Women Coalition UK (EVAW) speaks with Dr Anastasia Powell, senior lecturer in Justice and Legal Studies at RMIT University in Melbourne, during her visit to Australia last month. Their exchange at the Australia’s National