How Many More Women?: The Silencing of Women by the Law and How to Stop It

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One high profile example of this is a case that Robinson herself was involved in from the beginning– the defamation case that Johnny Depp took against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, and the Sun newspaper in London. Robinson and Yoshida first met while both working as junior barristers at Doughty Street Chambers in London and both united over a case that felt deeply unjust to them. Paid casual and visitor parking is offered via the CellOPark App and ‘pay by plate meters’. For more information head here. Crucial reading for any person wanting to fight against all forms of gendered abuse.' JESS PHILLIPS, MP

Auslan interpreting services and/or live captioning can be provided for selected talks upon request. The Sir John Clancy Auditorium is located at UNSW Sydney's Kensington campus, ( highlighted red on this map). The closest accessible drop off point to the Sir John Clancy Auditorium is at Gate 9, High Street. If women cannot speak about their abuse ­- and journalists are fearful of telling their stories – then how can we understand the problem of gender-based violence in our society? And how can we even begin to end it? Mysoginist mythology has inaccurately characterized the reality of false rape allegations (colour me surprised). In the UK only 0.23% of rape reports lead to a false arrest and only 0.07% of rape reports lead to a man being falsely charged with rape. We are in a crucial moment: women are breaking through the cultural reticence to speak out about gender-based violence. But as they have grown empowered to speak, a new form of systematic silencing has become more evident: the spike in survivors speaking out has been followed by a spike in legal actions against them and the media.

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From two internationally acclaimed lawyers comes a masterful and urgent exploration of the legal response to the MeToo movement in Australia and around the world.

We were both so outraged by that. We decided to work together to try to intervene in the case, but the Supreme Court didn’t hear us,” says Robinson.One incredibly powerful phrase expressed in the book is the need to “free her speech”, meaning that women need to be able to speak about their experiences of gender-based violence in public platforms and their lived experiences need to be better reflected in the law.