Two articles in the latest edition of the barrister. #1: alongside my colleague 33 Bedford Row, Jamil Mohammed re. the inequalities in the issuing of CoVid fines and #2: on United Nations’s General Comment 26, climate change, children’s rights and animal protection.

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Out of Context Human Race This one 🤌

“Mangled”
*weird gesture with hands*

Argh, please do better 🙄🤦🏻‍♀️

#smh
#Ableism

Would You Still Stay With Your Girlfriend If She Was In A Wheelchair? youtube.com/shorts/nH7i1Id…

Bought this little herb propagation kit from @LidlGB. Noticed this on the product info…
#Disability
#Disability Inclusion

Calls by World Health Organization (WHO) for greater attention to violence against women with disabilities and older women.

Women with disabilities are 𝘁𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝘆 to suffer domestic abuse than non-disabled women AND experience abuse for 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿.

#DisabledWomen
#VAWG

The theme for #InternationalWomensDay2024 is Inspire Inclusion. We interviewed some of our barristers on what 'inspire inclusion' means to them, and to have a look at their journey to becoming successful barristers at our leading common law set.

33bedfordrow.co.uk/insights/artic…

More evidence of the link between animal cruelty and human violence.

Positive Links Naturewatch Foundation APDAWG

#AnimalCruelty #TheLink

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Fantastic Saturday night London Fashion Week's runway show #LondonRepresents ! Amazing to have been part of it!

#RepresentationMatters ♿️📸✨
Love Disfigure
Annaliese Dayes
Samanta Bullock
Tiffany Rice

Just finished listening to a phenomenal seminar hosted by UC Berkeley Law titled: 'At risk and overlooked: Children with disabilities and armed conflict'. Emina Ćerimović of Human Rights Watch providing examples of disabled young adult & child victims from Syria, Yemen, South Sudan and CAR. ♿️⚖️

'Some of you may be getting poorer while I get richer, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make'
#recession #Rishession

Station staff 'laugh' at disabled woman who crawled up steps due to faulty lift metro.co.uk/2024/02/11/dis… via Metro

I'm listening...

Tories unveil plan to make UK ‘most accessible place in the world’ – but does it go far enough? bigissue.com/news/social-ju…

My article in Jan's edition of Counsel Magazine about Spain’s #SeAcabó movement, the 2018 'Wolf Pack' case which made Spanish legal history and challenging entrenched views towards #VAWG .

counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/spain…

My love and thoughts are with Brianna’s family and friends today. I won’t be posting the faces of her killers because this beautiful face is all that matters. The face of a wonderful girl with so much potential whose life was so cruelly cut short. May your memory live on forever.

19-year-old Kayce was denied entry to her local pub because she didn’t have a parent with her.

“We’re a pub, not a creche,” they said.

For a disabled adult to be treated like this is shocking, but not surprising.

🔗 metro.co.uk/2024/01/28/dis…

Christina Applegate standing O makes me think of many times non-disabled people have said “it’s good to see you out!” when I’m just minding my business being a disabled person in the world

‘What’s my alternative?’ is what I want to ask. Disabled ppl should be everywhere #Emmys

Absolute honour to have spoken at ICCBA-ABCPI's panel on disability in Int. Humanitarian Law alongside William Pons and Prof. Janet E. Lord Harvard Law School's Project on Disability.

Disabled people are, according to United Nations, 'the most and first to be harmed in armed conflicts'.

'Disabled people like me were forgotten during the pandemic. The Covid-19 inquiry makes that clear' Big Issue

bigissue.com/opinion/disabl…

'The achievement catapults Galcerán to the top of the ranks of the handful of people with Down’s syndrome who have crashed through barriers to enter the world of politics.'

Mar Galcerán makes history as Spain’s first parliamentarian with Down’s syndrome theguardian.com/world/2024/jan…

1 in 5 disabled people dependent on care with bathing and feeding reported abuse. #DisabilityPower100 finalist, barrister Christina Warner, shares her insights in her Family Law article, demonstrating why we need barristers with lived experience in our justice system.