Women's law project

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There's been a suggestion on twitter that a "Women's Law Project" would be a good idea. A central body that women can support, that would take on important strategic cases - like the fox killers Good Law project but for women.

The legal feminist collective are looking at it:

twitter.com/SydneyAllMoore/status/1390343543869394946?s=19

This seems like a great, and much needed project and I would certainly dig for this if it happened.

I thought I should start a thread so that they can see the sort of support they would have.

I would support this

More support from me.

I would also be prepared to do a regular donation. We have managed to raise hundreds of thousands for individual legal cases, so a pooled resource is definitely within our reach.

It will be interesting to see the terms of reference, what kinds of cases it would be looking for, and how it would be constituted, but there's lots of women with fivers, and some with time to volunteer I expect.

We need to build up case law which will tip the balance towards forcing providers & bodies to really consider the needs of women and girls when they bring in policies, especially over providing single sex services.

Harriet Wistrich runs something like this and is a brilliant advocate and campaigner. Set up by her and Julie Bindel, I believe.

Mention of the Fawcett Society reminds me the former CEO who recently left used to be a director of the Good Law project.

I’d donate.

I'm on a low and unreliable income,but I'd donate to this. The constant chiseling away at women's rights and the violence threatened when we object can't be allowed to continue.

I'd also donate to this.

Me too!

Unfortunately, I think we need this.
It needs to support the individual women who find themselves in the ridiculous situation where they have to raise £30 - £100,000 to go to court because a company broke the law. I don't know how we can fund this, I just know we have to.

And I'm incandescent about it. I'm sick of fundraising, I've spent my adult life doing it. I feel like the only functioning adult in an abusive relationship.

@Thelnebriati

Unfortunately, I think we need this. It needs to support the individual women who find themselves in the ridiculous situation where they have to raise £30 - £100,000 to go to court because a company broke the law. I don't know how we can fund this, I just know we have to.

And I'm incandescent about it. I'm sick of fundraising, I've spent my adult life doing it. I feel like the only functioning adult in an abusive relationship.

Agreed Theinebriati

I would also contribute on a monthly basis.

I'm very much about putting my money where my mouth is.

I would also make a regular donation.

I’d support.

Does anyone know what solicitors & barristers earn? I know it's alot but what are we talking? Could we raise enough to employ a couple of people full time, or a few ppl part time, on an ongoing basis? They could really work on identifying cases, and do the preliminary work, before doing some extra crowd funding once cases start going somewhere? Then it would be more strategic, with an overview of the whole scene rather than random cases here and there.

You don’t necessarily need lawyers to do much of the ground work like information gathering provided there is someone overseeing. I agree with you on the overview I think that would be helpful as would the development of a resource base. One key area would be high quality commentary on judgements and their implications so people have the tools they need to go to employers and service providers.

Count me in

Seems a great idea. All these cases have so much common background, some legal experts specialising could be a formidable force.
I guess the only difficulty might be picking which cases to take on; then so often people are taking on a case because it's important to women in general as much as for their own situation, maybe it wouldn't be as hard as I fear.

How is this different from the centre for women’s justice?

Would it be a central co-ordination of cases protecting/establishing sex based rights specifically?

Would be good to have a transparent, centralised org for fundraising and organising cases currently done through crowdfunding.

I would donate to this. I hope it happens.

I'd give my Labour subs. Could even forego a magazine a month for that!

Sounds ludicrous though. It's 2021, ffs!

I'm in

Great idea.

@Manderleyagain- unfortunately not so much what they earn ( 22 years experience, £35k pa here) but more what they charge

Something I’d be happy to donate to

I'd donate

Sounds good, potentially. I'd want to know more about it first, but yes, would potentially donate.