Centre Fellow Natalie Byrom, has recently written an article in the New Statesman entitled "The Archers' domestic violence storyline has sacrificed realism for ratings".

The article explores how the Archers plotline involving Helen and Rob Titchener missed an important opportunity to highlight the difficulties facing victims of domestic violence in accessing support when attempting to extricate themselves from violent relationships.

Natalie also highlights in the article how these difficulties are exacerbated by changes to legal aid, which impact disproportionately on those living in rural areas. This is based on research Natalie did for the Centre in her report entitled "The State of the Sector: The impact of cuts to civil legal aid on practitioners and their clients"

Dr Joanne Coysh, a former Centre PhD student and Fellow, is currently involved in the exciting #CoLab project, which recently published a timely report on What is Birmingham doing towards the elimination of violence against women? (click on link to access the report).

The next #CoLab event will be held on 20^th January in London to explore the question: How can we enable and support learning for social transformation? To book your place click here.

It has just been announced that the Centre and Lacuna Magazine's writer in residence, Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi has been short-listed for her work by the prestigious George Orwell Prize for Journalism. All the other short-listed journalists are from leading national newspapers (the Guardian, Economist, Independent and Scotland on Sunday). If Rebecca wins, it will be the second Orwell Prize for the University of Warwick’s Centre for Human Rights in Practice in three years. Andrew Williams won the Orwell Book Prize in 2013 for 'A Very British Killing'

Rebecca's shortlisted pieces included:

• Down the Rabbit hole: Single parenthood in austerity Britain
• How to Build a Law Centre
• Black and dangerous? Patient experiences of mental health services in London
• Rats in the Lunchbox