How Many More Women?: The Silencing of Women by the Law and How to Stop It

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Robinson and Yoshida lead a discussion of how to avoid the law silencing you – you must censor yourself, and refer to your lived experiences as ‘alleged’ to avoid defamation. As the Me Too movement continues and more women are speaking up, how is the law keeping up with this new empowerment? Jennifer Robinson is a human rights lawyer and Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers in London. Jen has been instructed in domestic and international cases involving media law, public law and international law. She advises media organisations, journalists, whistle-blowers and high-profile individuals on all aspects of media law and reputation management. She has also been instructed in human rights related judicial review cases and has given expert evidence in Parliament and at the United Nations. Sir John Clancy Auditorium is located at UNSW Sydney's Kensington Campus ( highlighted red on this map ). Please note this is a live event only, and will not be available via livestream. The judge in the case ruled that the technical definition of strangulation means that someone does it with an intent to kill, and the judge found the man’s intent was to silence the woman, not to kill her.

The book is written very plainly, with language that’s easy to read, instead of being couched in legalese. I'm confident most of us have heard about Grace Tame, Britanny Higgins and the Depp vs Heard trials, both in the UK and the US. These are some of the very well-known cases that the authors use to exemplify how current laws —Australian, English and US ones— are tirelessly manipulated by men to silence women. Although the authors are able to delve further into certain cases but not into others —hence, censorship of particular parts of this book— it's virtually impossible to deny the facts they expose. We are in a crucial moment: women are breaking through the cultural reticence around gender-based violence. But just as survivors have begun to feel empowered to speak out, a new form of systematic silencing has made itself more evident: rich and powerful men are using teams of lawyers to suppress allegations and prevent newspaper stories from running. Individual women, advocacy groups and journalists find themselves fighting against censorship. And this is not an isolated or country-specific trend but something that’s being seen all over the world. In How Many More Women?Jennifer Robinson and Keina Yoshida examine the laws around the world that silence women, and explore the changes we need to make to ensure that women's freedoms are no longer threatened by the legal system that is supposed to protect them.A clear-eyed and damning indictment of the criminal justice system.... the writing is engaging and gripping.' IRISH TIMES Furthermore, there is a rich irony in 'justice' being personified as a woman; "Lady Justitia". The author's highlight that laws designed to privilege certain demographics can't possibly be as objective as we'd like to convince one another and perhaps the blindfold should become a gag. In How Many More Women? Jennifer Robinson and Keina Yoshida examine the laws around the world that silence women, and explore the changes we need to make to ensure that women's freedoms are no longer threatened by the legal system that is supposed to protect them. Depp won the case in the US despite an outcome that Robinson describes as “absurd” and says that anyone who understands the law and the proclaiming jurisdiction that was set in London finds it absurd. This book is about a movement. A movement made up of women and men around the world who are no longer afraid to speak out about violence, abuse, harassment, sexism, abuse of power and patriarchy. A movement which started with the courage of a number of women in the media and advertising industries and has spread across countries, industries and social class. This movement has uncovered the global scale of gender discrimination, sexual abuse and exploitation which women and girls face. As the years have passed, the movement has grown - with peaks of activity coinciding around the latest revelation of sexual harassment or abuse in the halls of power and in different industries - a domino effect in society. From Hollywood and #MeToo in 2017, to Iran and #IranMeToo in 2020, to the Women's March 4 Justice in Australia in 2021, women have spoken out about their experiences, sparking mass protests for change.

And anyone who’s been on TikTok or other social media platforms since that US court case will understand the intense villainization that Heard underwent after losing the second case. Delivery with Standard Australia Post usually happens within 2-10 business days from time of dispatch. Please be aware that the delivery time frame may vary according to the area of delivery and due to various reasons, the delivery may take longer than the original estimated timeframe. Jennifer has acted in key free speech and freedom of information cases for clients such as the New York Times and Bloomberg. She is a member of the legal team for WikiLeaks and Julian Assange, having acted for Assange in extradition proceedings, advised WikiLeaks during Cablegate and worked with the Center for Constitutional Rights on United States v Bradley Manning. For more than a decade she has been involved in advocacy related to self-determination and human rights in West Papua. In 2008 the UK Attorney General recognised Jennifer as a National Pro Bono Hero. Jennifer was educated at the Australian National University and the University of Oxford where she was a Rhodes scholar. She writes for publications such as the Sydney Morning Herald and Al Jazeera. A clear-eyed and damning indictment of the criminal justice system…. the writing is engaging and gripping.’ IRISH TIMESHow many more women: have to be raped or abused before we act? need to accuse him before we believe her? will be failed by the criminal justice system? need to say something before we do something? will be sued for defamation for speaking out?will be contracted to silence? He then sued her for defamation,” says Robinson. “Because his new partner and some of her friends and family had seen the post. And he won, even though she had that police evidence.”