Episode Notes
This week, we’re talking to feminist lawyer and activist, Harriet Wistrich, about her decades-long commitment to seeking justice for women who kill their abusive partners, and her determined fight for justice for women, in a system designed for men.
Harriet talks about her journey to becoming an activist lawyer, why she founded the charity Centre for Women’s Justice in 2016, and many of her high-profile cases from over 25 years’ at the frontline of legal practice - also covered in her stunning 2024 debut book: “Sister in Law”.
Buy the book here:
- Sister in Law (paperback):
- Sister In Law (hardback):
https://lighthousebookshop.com/book/9781911709268
Learn more about these organisations::
- The Centre for Women's Justice: https://www.centreforwomensjustice.org.uk
- The Justice for Women Campaign: https://www.justiceforwomen.org.uk
- Read the CWJ’s Women who Kill: How the state criminalises women we might otherwise be burying report here: https://www.centreforwomensjustice.org.uk/women-who-kill
This episode contains an audio clip from an ITN news story following the release of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, from custody at the Old Bailey (BBC creative archive licence)
- Watch the video clip here:
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