Some more info about Lucy and Verity Nevitt.
This is their project but there is nothing on their website about their personal circumstances - due to the gagging order?
The Gemini Project
thegeminiproject.org/aboutus/
The Gemini Project was founded in August 2018 by twins Lucy and Verity Nevitt. After experiencing sexual assault and harassment from a young age and again in adulthood they decided to direct their energy into The Gemini Project and use their experiences with sexual assault to advocate and campaign for change.
‘After experiencing the results of sexual assault we wanted to make sure that others wouldn’t end up with similar experiences. We wish we had known certain things and been given the tools and education to deal with and understand what had happened. We were always told that sexual violence was rare and committed by strangers in dark alleys, but in reality 500,000 people are sexually assaulted each year In England and Wales with approx. 85,000 women and 12,000 men being raped, with 90% of perpetrators being known to the victim prior to the assault and many assaults happening within the victims own home.’
‘We believe that it is important to draw attention to and speak out about failings within education, the justice system and within society as a whole. Only by starting a conversation can we expect to see change, and that’s exactly what we are trying to do.’
The Gemini Project aims to reduce the number of sexual assault and harassment cases in the UK through campaigns and advocacy, as well as to provide signposting information and peer support. Our campaigns include mandatory consent education in all primary and secondary schools, judicial reform including the implementation of a victim’s law and increased funding and accessibility for survivor support services. We hope to help other survivors and offer knowledge that wasn’t available to us. We also have a blog space available for survivors to share their stories and get involved with The Gemini Project.
Gemini Project Campaigns
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Our first campaign aims to provide all primary and secondary school children with mandatory education on consent. With the implementation of compulsory sex education in all UK primary and secondary schools in 2020 we are calling on the government to include consent education as part of the national curriculum for children in all primary and secondary schools in order to reduce sexual assault and harassment.
Read more about consent here: thegeminiprojectorg.wordpress.com/2018/09/15/what-is-consent/
Our Second campaign aims to increase victim support and improve the justice system. This campaign focuses on demanding a victims law which the government have continuously promised but failed to deliver on despite stating that protecting survivors of sexual violence and supporting victims was a key priority.
Included with the campaign for a victims law, we are calling for judicial reform to ensure that the justice system is victim focused and fit for purpose. We are also calling for increased funding in these areas, particularly survivor support services.
Read more about our thoughts on the government’s victims strategy and the victims law here: thegeminiprojectorg.wordpress.com/2018/09/10/our-thoughts-on-the-governments-victims-strategy/
Our third campaign is to reform the language used by the media when reporting on cases of sexual violence.
The media has an obligation to report factual and unbiased information to members of the public. At present their reporting methods feed into and create societal myths. We are calling on the media to change the way they report cases of sexual violence.
Morning Star - Protesters call for Cyprus boycott over alleged gang-rape case
Jan 6 2020
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/protesters-call-cyprus-boycott-over-alleged-gang-rape-case
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Lucy Nevitt, co-founder of Gemini Project with her twin sister Verity, told the Star that their campaign for justice will “absolutely” continue until the charges against the young woman are dropped and she returns to Britain.
She added: “We want her to be home with her support network. But her passport has been confiscated.
“We also want the British government to intervene and ensure there is an investigation to see if her human rights have been violated in the police station and during the trial.”
In Parliament Square, her sister Verity accused Cypriot authorities of a “miscarriage of justice.”
Daily Echo - Lucy and Verity Nevitt hit back in support of British teen who was sentenced over Ayia Napa gang rape claim
8 Jan 2020
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TWO Southampton women are hitting back in support of the British teenager who was found guilty of lying about being gang-raped in Ayia Napa.
Identical twins Lucy and Verity Nevitt, both 22, led a protest in London calling on the UK government to intervene in the case.
Amongst women’s rights groups who protested ahead of the sentencing was The Gemini Project, a support group run by Lucy and Verity against sexual violence.
Around 200 protesters marched for justice with them from Cypriot Embassy, London, through to Parliament Square, on Monday.
Video on Twitter:
twitter.com/normaburke/status/1214254980699430912
"The two university students, who attend Goldsmiths University, started the project to campaign for change in the judicial system.
They want to decrease the “burden of proof” on sexual assault victims, take away the data and background checks on them, and remove juries from sexual violence cases.
Lucy, who studies psychology, said: “Our first demonstration just blew up, it was so incredibly humbling, therapeutic and empowering.
“It was our goal to help just one person. We have already done that so now, anyone else we help is just a bonus. Me and Verity campaign in our free time between studies - our family have been so supportive.
“We want the Crown Prosecution Service to use the same amount of proof as they need in other criminal cases, as they require ten percent more proof in sexual assault cases.”
She added: “We disagree with the need for juries, as rape culture means that many cases are dropped due to misconception. Not enough people understand the trauma involved in sexual assault. The whole process is so invasive.