Proposals For The Domestic Abuse Bill And Parliamentary Launch Of New Research On Women Who Kill Their Abusers
Recording of a cross-party event for MPs and Peers held on 4th March 2021. Speakers discuss amendments to the Domestic Abuse Bill tabled by Baroness Kennedy QC to create effective defences for survivors who offend due to abuse, and hear about new research by the Centre for Women’s Justice concerning the criminal justice response to women who kill their abusers. Naz Shah MP shared her personal experience of campaigning for her mother Zoora Shah, who served 14 years of a life sentence for killing a man who violently controlled her.