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Holding the state to account and challenging discrimination in the justice system around male violence against women and girls. RTs are not endorsements.
Killed Women @KilledWomennwTo coincide with Stacey Dooley’s 'Fallen Women', which shares the story behind our Fallen Women campaign and co-founder Jhiselle Feanny’s years of work seeking answers and change following the death of her sister, Bianca ‘Bee’ Thomas, KW are publishing our new national report, ‘Fallen Women – Bee’s Law’, led and authored by Jhiselle. Drawing on national policing data and new Freedom of Information research, the report sets out the case for a consistent, precautionary investigative response to the deaths of women following falls from height, where domestic abuse may be relevant. ● ‘Bee’s Law’: A national precautionary standard for falls from height and other unexpected deaths where domestic abuse may be relevant. “The fall is a mechanism, not the context. Women have been falling from height since the dawn of time. The context has too often gone unexplored and misunderstood – until now.” ● The recommendation: Implement Bee's Law now as a national operational policing standard, beginning with deaths following a fall from height where domestic abuse is known, suspected or cannot reasonably be excluded. Legislative or code-based underpinning can develop in parallel; the core safeguards should not wait for a pilot. _________________________________ We would like to thank the following for their invaluable contributions to the report and the campaign: Jen Robinson (Doughty Street Chambers), Kate Ellis, Peter Starkings, Joanna Robinson, Samantha Joseph, Sonia Sodha, Emily Wilson, Anna Ryder, Teresa Parker, Dr Sofia Graça, Frank Mullane MBE (AAFDA), Dr Hannana Siddiqui OBE (Southall Black Sisters), Jess Phillips MP, Professor Jane Monckton-Smith, Dame Nicole Jacobs, the Centre for Women’s Justice, Femicide Census, the HOPE Alliance, Louise Tickle, Gemma Newby, Steve Keogh, various other former homicide detectives, specialist falls investigators, safeguarding practitioners and investigative journalists – as well as colleagues and bereaved families from AAFDA and Killed Women, with particular thanks to the Javed family. ● Watch the documentary ● Read the report ● Help us make the case for change 📺 Stacey Dooley: Fallen Women, BBC Three, Tuesday 13 October, 9pm, and BBC iPlayer 📄 Read our national report ‘Fallen Women – Bee’s Law’ at #FallenWomen #BeesLaw #StaceyDooley #KilledWomen #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #DomesticAbuseAwareness
