“So what I would tell a younger version of myself is what you’re seeing around you right now doesn’t have to be that way”
11 UK-based activists answer the question: what advice would you give your younger self?
Their responses offer a wealth of wisdom 🌟
Listen here: podfollow.com/lawmanity/view
Two women laughing and talking in an interview about a book
Book titled Nation of Strangers rebuilding home in the 21st century by Ece Temelkuran
“To be on the right side of history is more important than winning” ✊
Warmth, beauty and defiant optimism from @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social and @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social to celebrate the 🚀 of “Nation of Strangers”🌿 in #Edinburgh
@lighthousebks.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk
Scottish refugee Council CEO Sabir Zazai speaking at a podium
Happy 40th birthday card for Scottish Refugee Council
Smiling woman with glasses
Leadership is not just about policy; it is about setting an example in every community…where communities are resourced, solidarity grows 🌱 - Dr @SabirZazai.bsky.social
🎉 Happy 40th Anniversary @ScotRefugeeCouncil.bsky.social 🎈
#AyeWelcomeRefugees 🧡
#TogetherWithRefugees
#NewScots #UntilWeAllBelong
Protest sign in George Square Glasgow which reads “We need leaders not in love with money, but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity, but in love with humanity.” Martin Luther King Junior
👋🏽 Today is a good day for this reminder👇🏽
“We need leaders not in love with money, but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity, but in love with humanity.” #MartinLutherKingJr, St Louis, 10 April 1957
Read his speech in full 👉🏽 bit.ly/3LHU3bA
New #UofGSpotlight podcast episode
This week we're talking access to justice and Legal Aid Reform in Scotland.
We speak to @jena.ng and Fiona McPhail, @uofglaw.bsky.social. Alongside @satwatr.bsky.social, @opfs.org.uk and @mscottetal.bsky.social, Scottish Women's Aid.
Tune in: 🎧 uofgspotlight.com
🎙️ "Justice would look like law that is accessible, attainable, appropriate - something that's for you, for everybody."
11 Scottish activists share powerful visions of justice ✊ from basic dignity to transformative change - on our "Equal under the Law" podcast series
🎧 podfollow.com/lawmanity/view
We support ✨Let's Change the Act✨ a campaign to modernise abortion law in Scotland. @jena.ng explains why abortion rights mattered, and why they still matter, for everyone, today 👇🏽
Read the blog: bit.ly/3LxJp70
#DecriminaliseAbortionScotland #Abortion #Scotland #LetsChangeTheAct
"People can't afford to access legal justice - not just financially, but in terms of capacity and emotional energy. Your life is a battle."
Is law a barrier or tool for equality?
Ep 2 of Equal Under the Law? ⚠️ CW: references to sexual violence
🎧 podfollow.com/lawmanity/view
"I don't think I would put equality in the same sentence with law."
Scottish activists on whether the law treats their communities equally. Spoiler: it doesn't.
New episode of the Lawmanity Podcast: podfollow.com/lawmanity/view
"It shouldn't have to be up to small community organisations to make sure public authorities do what they should do. But that's the world in which we live."
Maria McCloskey on stopping a fossil fuel terminal in Northern Ireland.
Listen: lawmanity.com/podcast
Straight-A student Ola was denied uni funding - just 58 days short of Scotland's 7-year residency rule. Her case sparked the Our Grades Not Visas movement that changed everything. Hear human rights lawyer Andy Sirel tell the full story on Lawmanity: podfollow.com/lawmanity/view
🎤 New episode! This week, we hear from activist lawyer Harriet Wistrich on her decades-long commitment to seeking justice for women who kill their abusive partners ✊🏼
🎧 Tune in to the @lawmanity.com Podcast here:
podfollow.com/1824535187
@h-cwj.bsky.social
Tim was former director of @lgbtiscotland.bsky.social
+ @scottishtrans.bsky.social for over 14 years + highlights the ✨real difference that orgs like @tie.scot and LGBT Youth Scotland play in advocating for the rights of young #LGBT people in #Scotland 🏳️🌈 🏴
👉🏽 www.equality-network.org
Photo of podcast host wearing headphones and interviewee smiling at a podium in front of equality network and Scottish trans banners, with text: “Episode 1: Tim Hopkins - Equality before the law”
🎤 New episode!🎤 with @timhopkins.bsky.social and @jena.ng on the history of #LGBT+ rights in Scotland 🌈
✊🏼 the 1980s campaign against Section 28
⚖️ the ECHR's role in securing rights in the 1990s
🏳️⚧️ the future struggle for trans rights in the UK
🎧 Have a listen here: pnc.st/s/lawmanity
"Don't hurry..." 😊 Alison's advice for getting started in a career as a human rights lawyer or activist
🎤 New episode!🎤 This week, Alison Pickup of @asylumaid.bsky.social shares
⚖️ how the UK Govt doubled down on #Rwanda removals after losing in court
✊🏼 what must be done to secure justice for #refugees
🌻 wise advice for aspiring human rights #activists
🎧 Have a listen here: pnc.st/s/lawmanity
Photo of smiling lady with text Alison Pickup: Activist Lawyer Series Episode One
🎤 Today, we’re interviewing leading human rights lawyer ✨ Alison Pickup, Exec Dir of @asylumaid.bsky.social on challenging the UK Rwanda #Asylum Policy - and winning at the Supreme Court ⚖️
Curious about #law and #activism?
🎧 Listen to Episode 1 of the podcast here: pnc.st/s/lawmanity
Podcast cover titled Lawmanity with a picture of a fist raised in solidarity holding a squiggly line, like a wire that connects a microphone to a recording device
🚀 Today we're launching something new from Lawmanity: a podcast series on #law and #activism, bringing you 121 interviews with real people using the law to create social change ✨
🎤 Episode 1 drops today at 10am!
Have a listen here: pnc.st/s/lawmanity
Five smiling women
Post it note that says Equally Seen
🌻 “The things we are asking for, we should have had by now. I want to see a win.
I want to show future generations that our efforts were not wasted - that [by bringing our lived experience + holding government to account] you can make change.” ✊🏾
Rosie S, The Empowering Women’s Panel (EWP)
A reminder that registrations for our upcoming Spring School are open for the 13th, 14th and 15th of May. 🕊️
With just over five weeks to go, join us in Glasgow to explore the intersection of arts, languages, and education in today’s peacebuilding efforts.
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Great article on the “shocking” levels of destitution found in #Scotland by Professor @bethwcobbe.bsky.social and her team caused by the UK Govt’s hostile environment policies - what @lawmanity.com suggests Scottish Govt can do to address it
📣 “If we could make change, and we do not … we call it what it is: injustice.” ✊🏾
Powerful words from @maggiechapman.bsky.social last night - challenging Scottish Govt to commit to positive steps to end migrant #NRPF destitution in #Scotland 🏴 🏡
Read about our work with @migration-exchange.bsky.social to support charities, communities and local councils to ✨make a change ✨and build new asylum housing options, led by and for people with experience of the system:
👉🏽 lawmanity.com/news-asylum-...
🤔 Did you know that since 2019, nearly all housing for asylum seekers in the UK has been provided by just three private sector companies - with a shocking track record over delivery of these contracts?
🏠 Want to learn more? Are you a charity or a funder who wants to be part of the solution? 👇🏽
In her article, @jena.ng, founder of @lawmanity.com, explores how the war’s impact on children has been exacerbated in Ukraine due to Russia’s campaign of forced displacement & abduction. 2/
➡️ fpc.org.uk/three-years-...
🙌 Proud and excited to launch a new legal briefing from @lawmanity.com "Ending Destitution in Scotland - A Roadmap for Policymakers" 🏡
The report explains how ScotGov can tackle the harm and #destitution imposed on #migrant and #NRPF people by the UK Govt's hostile environment policies 🫶
⏰ #16DaysofActivism 🙅🏻♀️ is a global campaign to end Violence Against Women & Girls #VAWG
💭 It’s also an opportunity to learn, and reflect on what we can do to end #GBV forever.
👋🏾 Got 5 mins? Learn more about how VAWG affects ESEA women 🧕 here 👇🏾
#16Days #StopTheViolence #NoExcuse 💜
🏠Did you miss the launch? Join us + Homeless Network Scotland next Mon @12.30 for a free online webinar on this groundbreaking research on #NRPF #destitution in #Scotland - what we've learned, and what we can do to make change 🧡
Register: buff.ly/3CiaGpo
@lawmanity.bsky.social @jrf-uk.bsky.social
📣 NEW REPORT on Public Interest Litigation in Northern Ireland from @lawmanity.bsky.social just launched 🚀
🛠️ litigation has proven a successful tool for change
🫱🏽🫲🏾 NGOs and legal sector have been innovative + collaborative
💸 more funding + resources are needed to ensure equal access to justice in NI
