Raped by the Police Officer I Asked for Help In this gripping and courageous episode of The FEMCAST, we meet Cathy Oddie, a woman who endured some of the worst domestic violence imaginable. Her ex-partner broke her bones, burned her, choked her unconscious countless times… and when she finally found the strength to escape,…
How Louize Yafai Helps Clients Navigate Breakups, Divorce, and Domestic Abuse with Strength and Strategy When life turns upside down after a breakup, divorce, or the trauma of domestic abuse, it’s hard to know which way is up, let alone how to begin again. Emotions are raw. Stories are tangled, and just when clarity…
A Story of Survival and a Fight for Justice In 2011, Tina Nash became the victim of one of the most horrific cases of domestic violence in British history. Her then-partner, Shane Jenkin, subjected her to a 12-hour ordeal of unimaginable brutality – strangling her repeatedly until she lost consciousness, breaking her jaw and…
Where Is the Outrage? Another Cover-Up in the Grace Case Here we go again. Another inquiry. Another report. Another cover-up. €13 million of taxpayers’ money spent – not to deliver justice, not to uncover the full truth, but to sanitise it. To water it down. To quietly exclude “extensive submissions” from Grace’s…
Virginia Giuffre Stood Against the Powerful – Who Stood for Her? Virginia Giuffre stood up against some of the most powerful, influential, and heavily protected individuals in the world, and she did so while carrying unimaginable private burdens. She showed a level of bravery most of us can only aspire to. She fought for accountability…
The Woman Who Refused to Stay Silent – Vicky’s Fight for Truth This week, we remember Vicky Phelan — a woman whose courage and determination exposed the greatest medical scandal of our time. On 25th April 2018, Vicky’s refusal to be silenced by a Non-Disclosure Agreement revealed systemic failures within our health system that endangered…
The Forgotten Dream – Women of 1916 and the Ireland They Fought For In 1916, a small group of women stood shoulder to shoulder with men in what they believed was the beginning of a new Ireland – one free from British rule, free from oppression, and free from inequality. Yet, those same women didn’t…
Once again, the State has shown us what it protects – not children, not whistleblowers, not truth. It protects itself. Instead of doing its job, the State tried to crush a whistleblower—a man who raised the alarm to protect a vulnerable woman, Grace, failed so completely by our care system that the word “failure”…
A Watershed Moment? The removal of a successful CEO, who had overseen significant growth at Primark, signals that the cost-benefit analysis of tolerating misconduct may finally be shifting. Companies are increasingly recognising that the long-term damage to organisational culture, reputation, and legal liability far outweighs any short-term disruption from leadership changes. For the…
Raising Boys in the Digital Age – Who is Really Guiding Them? I watched Adolescence on Netflix, and I cannot emphasise enough how important this storytelling is in helping people grasp the extent of violence against girls and women. I campaign tirelessly to end men’s violence against girls and women, and I have long stated…