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Festival of Politics 2019: In Conversation with Baroness Helena Kennedy QC

Friday 11 October 2019 2:00 PM

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Join Baroness Kennedy in conversation with Linda Fabiani MSP, Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament.

Baroness Helena Kennedy QC is one of the UK’s most distinguished lawyers. Her high-profile work includes:

  • legal reform on sexual and domestic violence
  • campaigning for progress on equal opportunities within the legal profession 

In 2018, she published Eve Was Shamed: How British Justice Is Failing Women. Her vital book highlighted the level of legal discrimination against women, including:

  • lack of female judges
  • conditions in female prisons
  • the greater discrimination facing Black, Asian and minority ethnic women 

Baroness Kennedy will also discuss populism and the rule of law.


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