To celebrate hate crime awareness week Make More Noise are hosting an event in Manchester www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hate-crime-the-elephant-in-the-room-tickets-87800825633
Feat Julie Bindel, Kathleen Stock and Sarah Phillimore
From social media to hate crime legislation, women are offered little legal protection in an increasingly violent world. Reports of sexual assault are soaring but conviction rates are falling. Twitter routinely bans women for stating basic biological truths yet allows its users to threaten women with rape and violence. Women who wish to discuss a government consultation which will directly impact their legal rights risk their livelihoods; as the courts have ruled that a belief in the immutability of biological sex is 'incompatible with human dignity and fundamental rights of others.'
Despite all this women are still not protected in hate crime legislation. How can a law be trusted when it ignores the safety of half of the population? What lessons need to be learned? To mark hate crime awareness week Make More Noise decided to invite some of the UK's top feminists, legal minds and academics to discuss what the authorities can do to address this glaring social injustice.
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Hate Crime. The Elephant in the Room. New event by Make More Noise!
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DJLippy · 06/01/2020 13:34
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