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Greenwood's exit and the failure by football to tackle sexual violence.
Manchester United's troubling approach to serious player issues raises deep concerns over whether clubs can be trusted to act as judge and jury over…
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David Challen

July 2023

'Sally's Law': How Coercive Control Finally Gets its Due Recognition
New legal reforms reshape the landscape of domestic homicide cases, providing a deeper understanding of the role of coercive control.
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March 2023

Why Mason Greenwood’s return to Manchester United would silence victims of sexual violence.
As the club considers a phased reintroduction of the player, I ask fans what the forward's return would mean for them.
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February 2023

Ukraine, one year on: as the scale of sexual violence continues, war crime units work to deliver justice.
“We have to win in both battles — in the fight for our territory and in the fight for justice,” says Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Andriy Kostin.
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Banksy's mural, a tribute to abused women and the right to defend themselves.
The graffiti artist's latest mural portrays an abused housewife, but even before it's removal by the council the depiction of pushing her husband into a…
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True crime: when voyeurism becomes harmful and exploitative
As internet sleuths swarm the Lancashire village where Nicola Bulley went missing, has our obsession with true crime finally gone too far?
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January 2023

REWIND: #NotAllMen fails to understand the role we play in holding abusive men to account
Why are so few men engaging in the issue of violence against women?
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Are police accounts using #NotAllPolice to silence women speaking out?
All eyes are on the Met as they fight to keep Britain's largest police force from the chopping block, but are online police accounts derailing the work…
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Flying the burning nest
As Prince Harry's memoir details life in the gilded cage, can the family image of monarchy past show itself to be anything but the abusive image it has…
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December 2022

Did I build this ship to wreck?
Studies show 80% of New Year’s resolutions fail, it’s time to dump these toxic pacts we make with ourselves and start enjoying our lives.
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Jeremy Clarkson's violent misogyny must be challenged
How can we expect to tackle men's violence against women when male idol's like Clarkson are allowed to incite violent hate speech against women?
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Are we failing the next generation of men?
As a new report finds that more than 1 in 4 boys look for more info about sex through porn, I investigate why relationships and sex education classes…
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