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Thank you to Reem Alsalem United Nations Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences

A thank you to Reem for her excellent report

Custody, violence against women and violence against children Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem

We are delighted that our submissions from SHERA members Dr Elizabeth Dalgarno, University of Manchester, Dr Adrienne Barnett, Brunel University, Paola Motosi, CPI Voz Materna and Dr Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson, University College London are featured in the latest report from the UNSRVAWG.

A personal reflection for Ben Kellett

A personal reflection on the harms of femicide and domestic abuse.

Abused Children: A political 'Hot Potato'

Both the government and the judiciary need to understand that vulnerable children are not a hot potato to dump on the desk of another department. The government must act with urgency to prevent more children being forever harmed by the processes and people intended to protect them.

SHERA formal statement on so called 'parental alienation': A pseudoscientific and damaging belief system which renders children voiceless

SHERA formal statement on so called 'parental alienation': A pseudoscientific and damaging belief system which renders children voiceless.