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Thank you
@lucethornton
for reporting our findings
@DailyMirror
: 'Dr Elizabeth Dalgarno said: "We found disturbing evidence that private
#familycourts
are letting down some mothers and their children who accuse the fathers of child sex abuse and or rape...
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We are so proud to have contributed our research to this piece by
@EdThomasNews
. What is happening in
#familycourts
IS the national scandal of our time. It is time for urgent measures. This is for all the mothers and their children and those who are no longer here. Please RT 1/
Tomorrow on
#BBCNews
we investigate serious alleged failures inside our Family Courts.
We report on mothers, victims of domestic abuse, who have died.
We reveal children being forced into contact with Dads reported for abuse.
And hear from Mums who have fled the UK.
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When abusers like Diddy tell you they lost control, do not believe it. They are able to maintain control around their bosses, around men who are physically stronger than them and when they are seen in public. They are always in control, that is the point - abuse is about control.
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Heartbroken at the passing of
#Sinead
. Not afraid to say I believe the
#familycourt
broke her heart and killed her. They stole her child, who then took his own life. She said: 'Been living as undead night creature since. He was the love of my life, the lamp of my soul😭". She was
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This may seem unfathomable to those who have not been through
#familycourt
, but small acts of opening emails, receiving post, unknown numbers calling, school phone calls and much more can trigger a massive trauma response. It is like exiting a warzone, if indeed you exit at all..
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@amcampbell84
Many survivor mothers first begin their journey to healing when pregnant - this triggers a natural response to protect against what happened to them - interesting to see this is how you felt too - more research on this is needed. Your tweets are fab and insightful.
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The mens rights activists and abusers are out in force complaining to the
@bbc
- please please thank the BBC for uncovering this heinous scandal in
#familycourt
. Thank you BBC, thank you
@EdThomasNews
thank you to the brave mothers and all who have spoken out
@jessphillips
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Not sure one can ever get over this image: 'the queue of defendants'
A French woman whose husband has admitted drugging her and inviting more than 80 men to rape her over the course of a decade has said she “was sacrificed on the altar of vice” and treated “like a rag doll”.
Gisèle Pélicot told the court she was “never complicit” in the sexual
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MP
@TaiwoOwatemi
discusses the dark and rotten roots of 'parental alienation' allegations, this commonly employed tactic of perpetrators is used to cover up physical & sexual violence of perpertrators...PA is currently given free reign in
#familycourt
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Some excellent reading here on the dangers of the belief system 'parental alienation' - if you google them most are free to access and read. We would urge all legal, health and social care professionals to read these important papers by credible scientists/researchers:
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Bravo
@jessphillips
"I believe that the family courts in our country are harming and killing children." [JP] backed calls for the Government's Criminal Justice Bill to include a clause automatically barring paedophile parents from custody of their kids
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We need to tackle the victim-blaming contradiction at the heart of family court proceedings - that a mother who permits contact between a perpetrator and child is seen as 'failing to protect' in public law but if she resists contact is seen as an 'alienator' in private law
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A mother, Katie Madden, 32 has died by suicide following social services removing her children because she was a victim of abuse😭.
We see this all too often. The 'failure to protect' argument is wielded against mothers who are victims of abuse.
@SafeandTogether
@survivorstrong3
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We frequently hear: 'If I had known how bad family court would be I would have stayed with him'. Women shouldn't be forced to choose between a life of being abused by just their perpetrator or a life of being abused by the perp AND institutions built to protect them
#familycourt
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Family court is often experienced as post separation abuse. It can entail gaslighting from abusers and professionals, endless paperwork, repeating traumatic experiences over + over again to multiple people, nightmares (no escape in sleep) constant fear and even suicidal ideation.
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We repeat, the
#familycourt
is unfit for purpose. This dad had asked the court for and received sole residency of two year old Damion. He then brutally murdered him and tried to cover it up.
#MVAWC
has filled the headlines this week and it must end.
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When a victim mother is 'tortured' in
#familycourt
, as many describe to us, she has natural trauma responses. Her behaviour appears to be erratic. These trauma responses, as we have coined court and perpetrator induced trauma, are used against her. This is psychological warfare.
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We thank Sir Andrew Mcfarlane and others for making clear today that Parental Alienation 'experts' + other unregulated 'experts' have no place in
#familycourt
proceedings. Much to do yet, but a tremendous first step in the right direction
#FJC2022
.
@CommissionerDA
@LDNVictimsComm
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We are delighted to share our full paper on mothers health in
#familycourt
, finally! Such hard work from all involved. We're so grateful to the brave mothers who shared their stories with us. The
#familycourt
may be causing unknown levels of harm to health
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Staying safe is a huge problem for women and children leaving abuse. Numerous studies show how child contact and family court proceedings can be used by perpetrators to track down survivors and children who have fled the abuse, which can mean having to move home repeatedly. 1/3
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If you know a mother going through
#familycourt
+ her or her child(ren) report abuse, please do everything in your power to support them. False allegations of abuse are extremely rare. They should be believed and supported.
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'Parental alienation expert [Karen Woodall] found unfit to practise in UK now advising
#familycourts
...several parents say they have wrongly lost custody or been forced to shared custody with an abusive parent'
@MoJGovUK
@JudiciaryUK
@Laura__Farris
can you explain?
@debbieatmos
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It never happened
The child's lying
The mother's hysterical
This is psychological splitting
She's hostile
She's high conflict
The mother's an alienator
The child's alienated
The child is hyper aligned
The father's a respected professional
She has a mental disorder
#FamilyCourt
🚨
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It is with great pleasure we introduce our new framework CAMS: From ‘Parental Alienation’ to [Abusers’] Child and Mother Sabotage (CAMS) as a preferable term for how perpetrator fathers intentionally sabotage the child-mother connection
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Imagine being so terrified by
#familycourt
and the daily threat your child will be removed, because you did what society told you to and reported the abuse of you or your child. Imagine not even being able to rest and sleep, because when you close your eyes you suffer paralysis,
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When a victim escapes a perpetrator and they have a child together - entering
#familycourt
is like jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire. Avoid FC like your life and your child's life depends on it.
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Folks, can you please RT & tweet to thank
@jessphillips
@BambosMP
@TaiwoOwatemi
@ACunninghamMP
for their excellent work in the debate on
#unregulated
experts and the harms of 'parental alienation' in
#familycourt
? They are getting a huge amount of backlash from MRAs. It is abuse.
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🚨New paper 🚨 - *read with care*
In our
#csa
&
#familycourt
peer-reviewed paper we report FC judges closing criminal investigations + worse. Our thanks to the brave mothers & co-authors
@DonnaBramwell
Prof Verma
@ManchesterMPH
@s_ayebkarlsson
&
@ikeaddy
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Here's a neat trick from the 'Parental Alienation' crowd:
Mothers impacted by abuse are alleged as often having mental health 'issues' which 'impact their world view and parenting', making them 'over-anxious'. This allows the 'experts' to say 'look yes mother might've been hurt &
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When a perpetrator threatens a mother by saying 'I will take you to court and ruin you' and then that mother is destroyed physically and emotionally by proceedings, acquiring multiple long term health problems, this means the courts are facilitating and making good on this threat
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⚠️Calling all
#familycourt
victim-survivors & safe professionals, please urgently submit to this consultation by Oct 16th. This guidance will rubber stamp pseudoscience 'parental alienation'. There will be no turning back...see next tweet for information
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Had a wonderful day with family. I am so proud of them, they are equally proud of me & the work I do. On Friday I will present my work with security present. Read that again. With security present. Because since doing this work I am attacked & threatened. I am just a researcher👇
As a female barrister advocating on behalf of victims of male violence, I've faced misogyny & threats from barristers.
From being called a c*** to attempts to disbar me, they've thrown dozens of complaints my way.
I won't be silenced.
I am speaking up to advocate for change 🪡
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@DrJessTaylor
The same goes for fathers who are extremely overprotective of their daughters - they do see the male violence. They know.
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Survivor mothers tell us they are traumatised, have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, fibromyalgia, depression, CPTSD, panic attacks, anxiety, suicidal ideation, eating disorders BECAUSE of family court proceedings (no history of previously). Has this happened to you?
#familycourt
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Our findings💯show this.
#familycourt
exactly mirrors the abuse of the perp. Imagine all the same abuse tactics, gaslighting, false allegations of 'parental alienation', daily torture, threats to take your child, only this time, your perp has a team of professionals by their side
I am thinking about how family court treats domestic abuse survivor mothers sometimes strongly mirrors the way the domestic abuser himself treated the the mother.
1: the domestic abuser made deranged accusations whenever the mother did the most innocent thing...
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We are not 'extremists'. We are not 'misandrists'. We are women supporting women. Survivors supporting survivors. We all know & love plenty of loving, kind non-abusive men who support us. We will not be bullied or silenced. We will raise our voices until we see the change needed.
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Misogyny wins out in
#familycourt
- this can be seen in many ways:
If father abuses substances - contact remains
If it's mother - it becomes a public law case for removal
If father abuses children - contact remains
If mother abuses children - it becomes a public law case etc...
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Glad to see the Professor at
@ColoradoStateU
has deleted the tweet with misinformation that the
@UNSRVAW
report calling to prohibit 'parental alienation' was rejected by the
@UN_HRC
. Well done to all who called this out. Academic debate is welcome, but we must not tolerate this.
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RIP Hayley, aged 32, who died of a broken heart, thanks to
#familycourt
'Young mum-of-four who collapsed in court died over 'stress' of family court matter involving children, dad claims'
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Yet more male violence & another life brutally taken of a girl, Holly Newton aged 15. Yet again her male killer is referenced as autistic. Autism does not make you a murderer. We must address
#MVAWG
. This year has been horrific, urgent steps are required
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Do not want to instigate attacks on these groups and so won't name, but have seen two prominent groups today citing that women who 'withhold sex from their partners are abusive'. Let's get one thing straight, a woman can 'withhold' sex for any reason. Women do not owe you sex!
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And a big thank you to
@jessphillips
and
@LDNVictimsComm
from us. This is such an important and distressing issue.
Thanks
@jessphillips
for highlighting this. Court awarded compensation ties victims to their offenders for years, allowing abusers to exert control. In cases like economic abuse, domestic abuse and stalking, judges should seek victims' views on what best supports their recovery
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Excellent article by Prof Carrie Leonetti on 'parental alienation': 'It is, as far as I’m aware, the only psychological disorder in the world that strikes primarily wealthy men – those who can afford to sustain years of litigation in the
#FamilyCourt
.'
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The qu "Why doesn't she leave?" sadly still arises during discussions on
#DomesticAbuse
It stems from a lack of awareness of the nature of DA and the extent of
#coercivecontrol
which perpetrators exercise
SHERAs
@Ciara__Bergman
has produced this infographic to tackle the issue
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We see and hear you Amber, thank you for your bravery. We are proud to have signed in support of you. We hope 2023 brings you peace and we continue to support you in what we know will be your very bright future
#IStandWithAmberHeard
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For survivors of family court and DA, little things like opening the post can be deeply traumatic as survivors wonder 'is this another family court letter?' a lifetime of fear and torture.
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Please note we are experiencing very high volumes of emails following
@EdThomasNews
report and will respond as quickly as possible. We will prioritize responding to women and children, we will not respond to 'whataboutery' - there are fathers groups who focus on fathers, TIA
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Well done Croatia. Its about time! So-called 'parental alienation' has been prohibited.
@AlexChalkChelt
when will you do the same? Urgent action is needed and will help restore some faith in justice.
@MoJGovUK
.
Link to GREVIO letter below
Link to Croatian Ministry letter below
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Excellent work as ever by
@DrProudman
"Another mother I represented was told by a judge that if she continued with her allegations of rape,
#domesticabuse
and
#coercivecontrol
, she could have her child put into foster care and adopted".
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We have signed an open letter condemning the egregious manner in which
#AmberHeard
has been intimidated and shamed by the media since her trial.
The public shaming of Heard has incited fear and intimidation amongst victims of
#domesticabuse
who should feel safe to speak out.
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Do you see the trap of
#familycourt
? Abuse the mother and child until they are completely broken, distraught, screaming for help, then say the mother is abusing the child for fighting for her and accuse the mother of causing the distress? Utterly disgraceful, barbaric
#torture
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A person who coercively controls their partner, will control their children and will 100% use
#FamilyCourt
, a closed secret court, filled with ill-informed, under-resourced professionals, which is founded on adversarial principles to continue
#coercivecontrol
.
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'Parental Alienation' allegations are harmful. PA is a pseudoscience used to deny
#DomesticAbuse
. We call on all governments to ban the use of this harmful belief system in
#FamilyCourt
.
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Horrified watching this.
#MeganRondini
killed herself as police gaslit her victim-blame her for being raped & accused her of false allegations. Watching how police do this & then interview her perp & spoon-feed him his defence 'we know she just regrets it'
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Many of the children in our study were BOYS. Where is the outrage from the men and boys rights groups? Do you only care about adult males / fathers?
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In the first of our campaign goals, we call upon government
@AlexChalkChelt
to prohibit the use of 'parental alienation' and all related pseudo-concepts in
#familycourt
. Here's why and how you can help 🧵
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Fantastic to see SHERA member
@DrEmmaKatz
, 'Lisa' and the
@CommissionerDA
on
@AnnaCollinson
@BBCNews
report re
#coercivecontrol
. Due to lack of training on CCB in social workers Lisa has not seen her child for years and Lisa has been subjected to yrs of trauma in
#familycourt
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We are thrilled with these recommendations and so proud to have contributed to this report
#banthepseudoscience
in
#familycourts
#protectthechildren
and
#mothers
Full report from
@UNSRVAW
here:
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Hello there, my name is Dr Elizabeth Dalgarno. I am the SHERA founder and Chair. Many of us monitor this account for SHERA. I've hopped on to ask a favour. Twitter can be an awful place, but it's also a place of connection, support and love. Our researchers are facing horrific
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Thank you
@NSPCC
for denouncing 'parental alienation'. It is wonderful to see such a prominent organisation taking a stand against this harmful and unscientific belief system which destroys the lives of women and children all over the world
@s_ayebkarlsson
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Honoured to support
@UKHouseofLords
debate: 'mothers raising allegations of abuse were often met with counter-claims of parental alienation. The study with 45 female survivors was led by Dr Elizabeth Dalgarno
@OfficialUoM
in partnership with SHERA'
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One of the worst things for us - is hearing these women trying to understand what they did to deserve this - moral injury off the charts - we say to you all, you have done NOTHING wrong. You did everything right. You have been let down and we are so sorry on behalf of FC.
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How is it, that this GP, a victim of
#domesticabuse
is deemed so dangerous to her own children they are removed from her care, yet she works with thousands of patients? Because the fake science wielded against her 'parental alienation' is so powerful
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Those who doubt allegations of abuse - should note the largest study (Home Office) showed false ones r extremely rare. People then state most DA allegations in
#familycourt
are only raised during child proceedings and not before - again, the data shows it takes women 7 times or
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The 45 mothers in our study had 77 children. All mothers evidenced child abuse to
#familycourt
. Only 2 cases resulted in no contact for the children. Many fathers had criminal convictions for violence /
#CSA
. Why are we forcing children into contact with abusers?
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#DomesticAbuse
in the
#FamilyCourt
:
If you stay with him, we will remove your child
If you leave him, we will force you and child into contact with him
If you leave the country we will bring you back with the
#HagueConvention
If you speak out, we will call you crazy, mad & bad.
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We don't want a seat at your crooked table. We want our own table, made with love, compassion and equality not fear, patriarchy and oppression 👇
Institutions like the Spanish Football Federation were built by men to protect men like Luis Rubiales. Instead of sacking him, they threatened to sue Jennifer Hermoso for speaking out about his abuse. Women don’t just need a seat at the table, we need to create our own table.
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A harrowing domestic homicide review. A mother murdered by her ex - whose history of abusing her and others was ignored by
#familycourt
. He was given full residency via a CAO before he murdered the mother. These children now have no mum. Failures by multiple agencies reported.
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So,
@DrProudman
said a judge describing
#domesticabuse
as 'tempestuous' & 'reckless' is 'troubling' & 'echoes the boys club' of which the judge was a member, all opinions she has the right to express, is considered 'offensive' but male barristers can call her a 'c*nt' & thats ok?
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Mothers please know this - amongst the harrowing emails we are receiving, this ray of light appears in all of them - this is what YOU have done raising your voices:
"I just want to say thank you so much to you and all the mothers who participated. It makes me feel I'm not alone"
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If we do not take urgent intervention into the
#familycourt
we will see a public health crisis. This crisis will impact not only children and adults, but our health systems, our economy and it will result in a generation of children who become adults with no trust in anyone.
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The law suits are growing in the states against 'alienation experts' and soon they will be here too.
@ParisHilton
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Women who make false allegations of rape go to jail for over 8 years.
Men who actually rape rarely go to jail at all.
Men who make false allegations that
@stellacreasy
is 'damaging her children who should be removed' are apparently 'legally entitled to' according to
@leicspolice
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"She was told that the abuse was “historic” and that it was not relevant to her son’s contact hearings."
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If you're a woman you're importance is only glorified while you remain quietly 'in your place'. When you step out of line, watch the boundaries & punishment ensue:
Successful career -
#glassceiling
Escape abusive father of your child -
#familycourt
Tell your story -
#defamation
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Today we launch our 10 campaign goals. While there are multiple problems in
#familycourt
which requires complete overhaul - there are short and long term goals we must set. 1/
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On☁️ 9. I am officially a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. This means so much to me. It's been a long journey, you can't imagine🥹. Not too shabby for a working class lass from Stoke who hated school & was told I would never get far in life. Thanks to all who support me 💜
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'
#Suicidal
’ is how Jenny felt when her 8-year-old daughter was taken away from her last year. She was told there would be no communication between them for six weeks. ‘I don’t think there is anything more devastating than being separated from your child,’
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Did you know in the UK, fathers who kill mothers maintain parental responsibility for their children, even if they are convicted and in prison?
We and the Women's Sector are calling on Parliament to urgently pass
#JadesLaw
into statute to stop this abuse
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The saddest news of this year, our hero, Prof Evan Stark has passed away. Anyone who knew, worked or even conversed with him will know what a beautiful soul he was. He gave so much to so many of us, not least victim-survivors, Rest in peace and power Evan 😢💜💔
For those that don't know, Dr. Evan Stark passed away last weekend. I was informed by Lisa Fontes, who was one of his dear friends and colleagues. Evan was the author of Coercive Control: How Men Entrap Women in their Privates Lives and the Coercive Control of Children.
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"The fathers' rights movement is characterized by thinly veiled misogyny...even the more moderate groups within the fathers’ rights movement engage in a backlash against feminism when they attempt to discredit the experiences of female victims of intimate partner violence"
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Do you see the trap of
#familycourt
? Abuse the mother and child until they are completely broken, distraught, screaming for help, then say the mother is abusing the child for fighting for them and accuse the mother of causing the distress?
#torture
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Survivors, we know it feels at times nobody actually wants change. It is extremely isolating feeling nobody cares and that everyone is against you. That is exactly how they want you to feel. Because when you feel that alone you give up. We've got your back and many others do too.
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grateful for every one of these women. Their friendship and their dedication to women and children humbles me daily. If you wouldn't mind, can you pop a kind word or comment below to show how much you too appreciate these fabulous women? Thank you
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'Karen Woodall a psychotherapist who is not registered with any regulatory body...suggested the mother should have only “very restricted supervised contact” with her daughter who would require ongoing therapy.'
#unregulated
experts
#familycourt
@hansummers
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Candid and superb article from a social worker: 'As a new social worker then, certain habits became embedded. I was writing sentences talking about ‘mothers’ capacity to protect’ and not taking steps to look into what fathers were doing.'
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