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Charlotte Rachael Proudman

Charlotte is a barrister specialising in violence against women and girls and a junior research fellow at Queens’ College, Cambridge

A Pokot woman holds a razor blade after performing a circumcision on four girls

The campaigns to end FGM are a step forward, but they don't go far

The father of 10-year-old Ibraheem al-Dawawsa cries over the dead body of his son in Gaza City

It's time for the International Criminal Court to rule on the conduct

A man uses a laptop

Revenge porn: enough still isn't being done to stop it

British legal professionals hold placards during a protest against cuts to the legal aid budget during a protest outside Southwark Crown Court

A justified moment to make history: Lawyers strike for first time ever

A volunteer puts together a parcel of food at a Food Bank in Brixton, south London

Anti-EU Tory ideology trumps the needs of the poor after Government

Justice secretary Chris Grayling, 2012

It's not "left-wing campaigners" who are defending judicial review.

Police receive a call about domestic violence every minute

Successful prosecutions for domestic violence, involve more than good

22 May 2013: Lawyers carry a coffin during a mock funeral procession at a protest against proposed cuts to legal aid outside the Houses of Parliament

The legal aid cuts are just the beginning of a move towards a fully

A Syrian woman walks past the rubble of homes allegedly destroyed during Syrian government army shelling in the town of Taftnaz, in northwestern Syria, on April 15, 2012.

War rape: The forgotten pandemic sweeping Syria

Sri Lankan activists hold up a portrait of Rizana Nafeek as they shout slogans during a protest in Colombo January 11, 2013, following her execution by Saudi authorities. Nafeek, convicted for murdering an infant under her care, was executed by Saudi Arabian authorities on Wednesday despite appeals for clemency from Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

The beheading of a housemaid in Saudi Arabia highlights slave-like