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1) “Hundreds of people disclosing their experiences of having been harassed by him was devastating for Gaia because she felt it was proof that what happened to her wasn’t an isolated incident, said @MariennaPW

#JusticeForGaia

theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/j…
2) @MariennaPW described how she and the rest of the family tried to get mental health support for #GaiaPope. She was admitted to hospital several times but was repeatedly discharged with “no real care plan”.

#JusticeForGaia
3) She that after being raped, Pope, who had #epilepsy, became “very anxious and very afraid”, but added: “She wanted to live. She was a survivor in every sense of the word.”
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#2021RoundUp 🧵

We’re looking back on 2021 - the challenges and the losses, as well as the strength and determination of our incredible coalition and the power of the wins we've achieved together for survivors of violence against women and girls ⬇️
Sarah Everard. Bibaa Henry. Nicole Smallman. Sabina Nessa. Countless others.

2021 took a heavy toll. United in grief and rage, we took to the streets in remembrance, demanding change and propelling a national conversation about violence against women on a level never seen before
Although our landmark case against the CPS came to an end, we continue our fight for #RapeJusticeNow.

We may not have won in court, but by rallying together with thousands of incredible survivors, we put rape on the agenda like never before bit.ly/3yAsSVq Donations from supporters w...
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📣📣THREAD 📣📣We know our supporters are as disappointed as us with Monday’s judgment which failed to hold the CPS accountable for the devastating drop in rape prosecutions.

#rapejusticenow @EVAWuk

We urge women across England and Wales to continue this fight with us by 👇
1 Respond to the Home Office's current consultation on its national Violence against Women and Girls Strategy by 11:45pm on 26 March gov.uk/government/con…

If they are flooded with responses all echoing the same concerns, it will be hard for them to ignore

#rapejusticenow
When responding you can ask the government to act on the recommendations in our joint report, The Decriminalisation of Rape - endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

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THREAD For #IWD21 please take 5 mins to read & share Gaia's story. Gaia loved #InternationalWomensDay & she should be here celebrating it with us. Instead our bright, brave and beautiful star 🌠 has become part of it. 🌹 #JusticeForGaia #InternationalWomensDay #RapeJusticeNow Image
We are a family fighting for answers about what happened to our girl who went missing on 7 November 2017 when she was 19 yrs old. 🌹 Eleven days later, her body was found. The coroner found she’d died of hypothermia. We call it a death by indifference...
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Gaia was bright, brave, kind, creative and fiercely loyal to those she loved. The challenges she faced as a young woman living with #epilepsy & as a #survivor of sexual violence inspired her to pursue a career in health and social care. 💞 She wanted to dedicate her life to...
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OUR HEARING HAS STARTED at the Court of Appeal has started, with extremely interesting opening remarks by the judge - raising possibility of unusual further consideration of our case! #RapeJusticeNow 1/
Judge is raising questions with CPS' advocate as to - what is it to change policy/practice related to charging; the policy isn't only what the DPP believes it to be, it is also how he communicates it... 2/
Here you can read lots of the legal evidence we assembled with @centreWJ for our attempt here to being a judicial review of CPS rape charging policy and practice: endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/campaign/rape-… 3/
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DEVASTATING reports in Guardian today on collapse in rape charging and prosecutions - we’re pretty close to decriminalising rape. Response surely needed from ⁦@10DowningStreet⁩ ⁦@patel4witham⁩ ⁦@RobertBuckland
more here on our campaign for #RapeJusticeNow and the appalling prosecution figures and survivor experiences that have been exposed over the past year... endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/campaign/rape-…
...and you can read about and support our major legal challenge of prosecution failings, which we’re bringing with brilliant @centreWJ here... endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/evaw-launches-… #RapeJusticeNow
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