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Misogyny should be criminalised to protect women from abuse, report suggests

Misogyny should be criminalised as part of “radical” and “transformative” legal reforms to protect women from abuse, a report recommends. The document, titled “Misogyny – A Human Rights Issue”, calls for the creation of a Misogyny and Criminal ...

08 Mar 2022 at 12:55

Report recommends criminalising misogyny to help protect women

08 Mar 2022 at 12:25

Scotland

Helena Kennedy: Gender Bill should not impact on new laws against misogyny

The introduction of new legislation to criminalise misogyny should not be impacted by the Scottish Government’s attempts to reform the Gender Recognition Act, a lawyer has said. Baroness Helena Kennedy QC was tasked to develop a ...

27 Apr 2022 at 13:55

Scotland

Public to be consulted on plans to criminalise misogyny in Scotland

The Scottish Government has launched a public consultation on plans to criminalise misogyny. The legislative plans follow a report by experts which called for legislation to be introduced that would create a new statutory ...

21 Apr 2022 at 13:25

Scotland

Labour peer ‘definitely’ supports written constitution for independent Scotland

A leading Labour peer has backed plans for Scotland to have a written constitution if the country votes for independence. Baroness Kennedy KC, a leading human rights lawyer and constitutional campaigner, said she did not ...

23 Jun 2023 at 13:52

Baroness tells of ‘terrible texts’ from trapped Afghan women pleading for help

A leading human rights lawyer has told how she still receives “tragic, terrible text messages” from women hiding from the Taliban in Afghanistan, nearly two years after she managed to evacuate more than 500 people from ...

25 Jun 2023 at 00:01

Independent inquiry into TSSA union uncovers series of ‘appalling incidents’

An independent inquiry into allegations of sexual harassment and bullying in a trade union has uncovered a series of “appalling incidents”, it has been revealed. Baroness Helena Kennedy said in her report into the ...

09 Feb 2023 at 10:35

Scotland

Park Inn attack survivors not offered support by housing provider, MSPs told

The company which housed asylum seekers in a Glasgow hotel where a man was shot dead by police after stabbing six people failed to fund mental health care for survivors in the wake of the attack, MSPs were told. ...

20 Jun 2023 at 15:54

Scotland

Glasgow hotel stabbings an ‘avoidable tragedy’, report finds

A knife attack in a Glasgow hotel housing asylum seekers during the Covid lockdown was an “avoidable tragedy”, a report has said. Six people were stabbed in June 2020 at the Park Inn in Glasgow, and Badreddin ...

11 Nov 2022 at 20:16

BBC must take quicker action when staff step out of line, report says

The BBC does not have a “toxic” workplace culture but needs to take quicker action when staff step out of line, a new report will say. The corporation should be intervening earlier as well as being clearer ...

28 Apr 2025 at 12:05

Scotland

Lib Dems blast Government over misogyny law as £150,000 bill is revealed

The Scottish Lib Dems have accused the Government of “talking a good game” on misogyny as it emerged £150,000 was spent on a working group for a law that was eventually scrapped. The Scottish Government ...

11 Jul 2025 at 00:01

Gregg Wallace’s alleged behaviour ‘never been acceptable’, says watchdog chief

Gregg Wallace’s alleged misconduct “should’ve never been acceptable”, watchdog chairwoman Baroness Helena Kennedy has said, after it was reported the TV presenter has been sacked by MasterChef ...

09 Jul 2025 at 10:00

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