Dr. Daanika Kamal’s new book (OUP) reveals how Pakistani law discredits women who report domestic abuse. Based on 100+ cases, it offers a vital feminist legal critique. 🔗 global.oup.com/academic/pro...

You can now listen to more from Dr Daanika Kamal on domestic violence in Pakistan via the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast (also available on Apple and Spotify): newbooksnetwork.com/domestic-vio...

Really grateful to chat with Dr Miranda Melcher about my book for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social last week. If you'd like to have a listen, the podcast is available on the NBN website: newbooksnetwork.com/domestic-vio... - and on Apple Podcasts here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

Exploring the lived realities of women domestic violence victims in Pakistan. A new book by Dr Daanika Kamal from our Department of Law and Criminology highlights how prejudices against victims are captured and negotiated in the Pakistani legal system. Read more: ow.ly/oNYC50WhwrG

Very much looking forward to chatting about my new book at Birkbeck, University of London next week. Big thank you to @tanyaserisier.bsky.social for having me! Join us at 3pm on Thursday 3rd July - more details below: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

“This moment necessitates that we trace & map the linkages between the various forms of oppression & harm we witness, locate their manifestations in the spaces we move in, & draw on these lessons to fight back.” @norajaber.bsky.social & @leilaullrich.bsky.social reflect on being feminist fugitives.

We are recruiting a fixed-term (maternity cover) Lecturer in Law in the Department of Law and Criminology at @royalholloway.bsky.social. Closing date for applications is the 25th of June, more details here: jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

We're having a book launch / author meets reader event at the University of Westminster for my new book on Monday the 16th of June, 17:00 to 19:30. Refreshments will be provided! Please register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

I'll be chatting with Prof Samia Bano about my new book at @soasuni.bsky.social this Thursday (5th June) from 1 to 2.30pm! More details attached - please join us 🌟

🚨 A reminder that Understanding Miscarriages of Justice is *next Wednesday* @qmul.ac.uk with speakers from Appeal, @we-are-appeal.bsky.social, the Post Office scandal ( @rebeccakhelm.bsky.social @richardmoorhead.bsky.social), the Law Commission, and many others 🚨 ⬇️ docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Publication week! ✨ My book is out this week with OUP! It reports on the everyday lived realities of women victims of domestic violence and their interactions with the Pakistani legal system in both criminal & family law contexts. Available in hardback and e-book: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Wonderful to see that @daanika.bsky.social’s brilliant PhD work on women’s experiences of negotiating the Pakistani legal system in contesting gendered violence against them, will be out in the world as a book soon! Lots for all socio-legal scholars to savour here about legal scripts and subjects!

Congratulations to one of our lovely editors @daanika.bsky.social on the listing of her important new book! Check it out.

TWO WEEKS TODAY!

UNDP's recent study from Pakistan reflects on the intersection of poverty and climate change through the emergence of "monsoon brides" - where young girls in flood-prone areas are being married off by their families before seasonal rains arrive. www.dawn.com/news/1896579

I have an inordinate amount of mushroom photographs on my feed. How do I fix the algo? Bluesky gods, send me cat pics instead pls!!

Honoured to announce that we lauch Vol.1 Iss. 1 of @genderandjustice.bsky.social! It’s open access until May 31 2025 Details bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

Join us at the new Sussex Centre for Law and Technology for a research and policy seminar on the Online Safety Act! The seminar is partly funded by the @bileta.bsky.social Research Seminar Awards. 📍 Sussex uni and online 🗓️ Friday 6 June 2025 Call for papers: www.sussex.ac.uk/schools/law-...

Come visit the Lego Suffragette in the Faculty of Arts building at Warwick University !

I'm giving an online talk on my book, 'Victims and the Labour of Justice at the International Criminal Court', this Monday (3rd Feb) at 12.30, topped up with newer ideas on whether we should pay 'wages for victims'. Register here: @cambridgegender.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/victims-an...

📣 Job Alert My university (Manchester Met) is looking to hire a few new law lecturers. We are a growing department, with colleagues working on critical, socio-legal legal issues relating to gender, sexuality, disability, race, migration, culture, etc. Check out the link for more info. #AcademicSky

Can't wait!

‘Epidemic’ of violence against women and girls in UK is getting worse – report

An excellent opportunity for aspiring PhDs at my alma mater with a brilliant, passionate, supportive faculty 🌟

Feminist Legal Studies is delighted to announce that the winner of the Editors’ Article Prize for the best scholarly contribution to the journal in 2024 is Leon Laidlaw for, ‘Prison Abolition for Collective Freedom: Facilitating Co-Resistance to Binary Colonial Prisons’. Many congratulations, Leon!

Devastating article from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social. Children have made up the majority of casualties in the Gazan genocide. Tens of thousands of innocent children lie dead, many still under rubble. Pause for a moment & allow those statistics to become tragedies so we might try to mourn them properly

CFP: UNDERSTANDING MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE - One Day Conference 28 May @qmul.ac.uk. How and why do miscarriages of justice happen and what do we understand and learn (or not) from them? We welcome submissions on any relevant topics, such as #PostOffice #CCRC, #SJP docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Delighted to have joined the editorial board of @flsjournal.bsky.social earlier this month! I’ve been a long admirer of the journal’s feminist ethos and praxis and I’m so very honoured to work alongside a brilliant team ✨

We’re thrilled to be hosting the SLSA (@slsauk.bsky.social) Conference this year – the UK’s premier socio-legal research event! 📚✨ Join us in Liverpool, April 15-17, to engage with leading experts in the field & experience all this vibrant city has to offer. 👉 Find out more: bit.ly/slsa2025

Happy New Year! For those of you doing critical feminist socio-legal research this year, please consider submitting your work to Feminist Legal Studies. We are interested in critical, interdisciplinary, rigorous scholarship in both traditional scholarly (articles) and creative formats (reflections).

Academic guilt season starts today, winter edition. Feel guilty if working, feel guilty if not.

My book, which reports on the everyday lived realities of women victims of domestic violence and their interactions with the legal system in Pakistan, now has a listing! Forthcoming in May 2025 with OUP: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Literally crying hearing how French women applaud Gisele Pelicot every day as she walks out of court. #r4today Everywhere around the world women watch & applaud her bravery too. She stood up for all of us. Because the shame has to switch sides.

New podcast alert! The latest episode of New Books in Law is with the brilliant @leilaullrich.bsky.social: we talked about her book Victims and the Labour of Justice at the International Criminal Court: the Blame Cascade. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/victims-and-....

the first coffee of the day is to have enough energy to go and get the real coffee

Iran's "hijab removal" clinics labelling women as mentally ill - by my @royalholloway.bsky.social colleague @daanika.bsky.social for @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/iran-hijab-t...

Barrister cleared of misconduct after criticising 'boys' club' attitude in legal profession

My piece on Iran’s proposed ‘hijab removal treatment clinics’ for @uk.theconversation.com

Join our senior editorial leadership! Gender and Justice is seeking a Co-Editor in Chief to shape critical feminist scholarship. We welcome senior experts in sociology, geography, political science, law & related fields. Applications due Jan 31, 2025🎯 bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/gen....

Image hashing is used to recognise and prevent (re-)uploads of abusive images without having to give acces to the actual image. Now it seems AI can come very close to reconstructing the image from the hash, turning a tool for protection into a tool for abuse www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Great development re: homicide law & sentencing - particularly to address the gendered nature of these offences www.theguardian.com/law/2024/dec...

Happy midweek reading!

My book is now a stonking 30% off just in time for Christmas! What is, after all, more Christmassy than reading about endless lawsuits, bad lawyers and Masonic conspiracy theories? Dickens would agree! (Disclaimer: I am not comparing myself to Dickens) www.bloomsbury.com/uk/litigants...

I welcome the launch of new Domestic Abuse Protection Orders and Notices today in three pilot London boroughs to help ensure that victims of domestic abuse are better protected from perpetrators. It’s important that third parties can apply for the order on behalf of victims.

For those interested in reading about South Asian feminisms: 'The Feminisms of Our Mothers' (Zubaan, 2024) is a literary anthology containing 20 deeply personal essays written by brilliant Pakistani women that reflect on the joys and conflicts of maternal relationships...

This is an awful case but interesting to read a charge of manslaughter in a case of accepted suicide. amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

“Killing Season in Pakistan: Will the Violence Against Shias Ever End?” Powerful, important, and sadly timely piece, full of passion and historical context, from ⁦‪Fatima Bhutto‬⁩ for Zeteo. Please do read/share/subscribe:

Hey folks, help me out with this one? I'm putting together a starter pack for socio-legal scholars for @slsauk.bsky.social and others to use. Let me know if you or anyone else should be added! go.bsky.app/T5W1tVv

Home is the most dangerous place for women, says global femicide report