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TUC Women s Conference 21 Labour MP reveals she was trolled online by a convicted sex offender

A LABOUR MP revealed today that she had been trolled online by a convicted sex offender and said she had received a “significant volume” of online abuse since becoming a politician.  Shadow equalities and women’s minister Charlotte Nichols was speaking at a fringe event today at the TUC women’s conference, which called for delegates to pass a motion to end gender-based violence, saying it was a “priority issue” for the movement.  Delegates heard on the second day of the virtual conference that gender-based violence had escalated during the Covid-19 pandemic, including domestic abuse and harassment online.  “Unfortunately the internet has now become just another weapon in an already oversized arsenal for perpetrators to wield,” train union Aslef’s Debbie Reay told delegates. 

Rethinking our definition of bullying and harassment

Lucy Hendley Some members of our profession will remember a time where it wasn’t considered an issue to shout at a trainee for their poor research memo or criticise a junior lawyer in public. We all knew the partners we had to keep on the good side of and the ones to avoid wherever possible. Of course, it wasn’t right then and it certainly isn’t right now but, today, we would consider this type of behaviour to be bullying. If you have been on the receiving end of this type of behaviour, you will know how isolating it feels, how humiliating and how painful.

Disabled but not dis-abled

Rhian Smith I was an eager paralegal, keen to make my mark in an area of law I have always been incredibly passionate about and in which I still practice. Although we had the Equality Act, I didn’t identify as a disabled lawyer. I also didn’t know any. I looked around and I didn’t see anybody like me. No one asking for reasonable adjustments. No one asking if I needed any. My disability isn’t visible, so although I was open about having an illness, I rarely spoke about how it truly affected me. I never asked for help. I didn’t want to give anyone cause to write me off before I started.

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